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About David Baker
David Baker is an Anglican minister and former daily newspaper journalist. He is a regular contributor to Christian Today.
David Baker
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Dominic Cummings, Church of England bishops and righteous anger
When we feel angry and want to blame, and are just tempted to lash out, let's first pause.
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Covid confusion: Church of England clergy and their buildings
Buildings are generally useful and may well be beautiful. But theologically, there was, and is, no Scriptural (or even technological) necessity for clergy to live-stream or record services in church buildings
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Is coronavirus helping you repent?
We don't like unexpected intrusions into the routine of our everyday lives, do we? Such disruptions can be unsettling, painful and discomforting. The key thing is: how do we then react? And is it the right response?
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Seriously, are you ready to die?
The best time to prepare for our death is now – and indeed every day.
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Does God cause pandemics?
Is God in some way behind the current coronavirus pandemic? Is He sending us all a warning? Or is it just an example of life being out of control in a world full of problems?
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Exclusive: Anglican bishop to visit International Space Station
The Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, will become the world's first 'Episconaut' when she is launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral by NASA later this year as part of a new church initiative called 'To Eternity And Beyond'.
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Coronavirus: what two things does Jesus want you to do today?
How do we know what Jesus might want us to do as Christians during this Coronavirus pandemic? Fortunately, we don't have to guess – because Jesus was once asked what the most important commandment in Scripture is.
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A trial that should shame all Anglicans
Remember that lovely, smiley American bishop who spoke at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle a couple of years ago? Turns out that Bishop Curry seems to have forgotten his own sermon.
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Dear Bishops, please stop traumatising your clergy
I am a church minister trying to exercise some form of pastoring and teaching among three congregations in the Church of England at a time when some of its leaders – some of our Bishops – seem to spend much of the time undermining each other and long-established church teaching.
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Archbishops apologise for 'hurt' caused by sex and marriage statement
The Church of England's two most senior archbishops have issued an apology for the "hurt and division" caused by a statement maintaining a traditional position on sex and marriage.
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C of E's clergy discipline process 'leading to suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder'
Suicide, post-traumatic stress disorder and debt are just some of the results of the 'fundamentally flawed' Church of England Clergy Discipline Measure, a new report claims.
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Bishops in disarray over 'sex for married straight couples only' rule
The Church of England's bishops appear to be at war with themselves after some distanced themselves from a statement reiterating longstanding Christian teaching that sex is for male-female marriage only.
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Gafcon Archbishop reveals inside track on Anglican Primates' meeting
An Anglican Archbishop who is also a leading member of Gafcon has given an exclusive insight as to what went on at the Primates' Meeting in Jordan which has just concluded.
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Sex is for male-female marriage only, Church of England confirms
Sex only belongs in heterosexual marriage, a new statement from the Church of England's House of Bishops has declared.
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The mysterious case of the Anglican Primates, Gafcon and Justin Welby
It is hard to see how the Anglican Communion's fractures can just be wished or willed away.
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