Category Archives: Martyn Percy

We Can’t Go Back…to Being Focused on Our Own Significance

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Nicholas Henshall, Dean of Chelmsford “…let me be employed for you or laid aside for you” – John Wesley. John Wesley’s covenant prayer is one of the finest pieces of Christian writing in English. And one … Continue reading →

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We Can’t Go Back…A ‘Re-Minder’ To Us All

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Prof Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford On Easter Sunday, the Archbishop of Canterbury was interviewed for the BBC Andrew Marr Show.  Inevitably then, as now, the pandemic dominated the discussion.  I was especially taken … Continue reading →

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Does the Bible Really…Advocate the “Nuclear Family”

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Prof Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford    ‘Agrapha’ is not a word in common use.  But it usually refers to sayings attributed to Jesus in other parts of the New Testament, but which we … Continue reading →

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Does the Bible Really…Give Us a Clear Definition of Marriage?

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Prof Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford ‘We all know that love is the answer’, opined Woody Allen, ‘but while you’re waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions’ (Interview, New York Times, … Continue reading →

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