tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post8096616695254166947..comments2023-12-24T20:48:11.634+00:00Comments on Opinionated Vicar: Could your church say this?David Keenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-54722709207781098712009-08-03T22:17:31.767+01:002009-08-03T22:17:31.767+01:00You can see the legal training coming through, Sha...You can see the legal training coming through, Shaw Clifton was a law graduate before entering the ministry. It gives a clarity of use of english, and an accuracy in the use of terms such as "covenant"<br /><br />Mark W <br />(yes, I am a salvationist!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-34130082481420252062009-08-02T22:04:34.011+01:002009-08-02T22:04:34.011+01:00Yes. I can truly say that this statement was writt...Yes. I can truly say that this statement was written by General Shaw Clifton of The Salvation Army; the conference was held July in London, Eng.<br />Ray B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-74581422491067120932009-08-01T14:01:48.415+01:002009-08-01T14:01:48.415+01:00Fair point, but if you don't have a vision for...Fair point, but if you don't have a vision for the work you do within your own structures, then you probably shouldn't exist in the first place. I was struck particularly by how unapologetically focused on God and his kingdom it was, and what it said about the way its leaders spent their time together. I guess the Lambeth conference is a fairer comparison than General Synod, which would David Keenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-50380636418242407222009-08-01T11:13:04.048+01:002009-08-01T11:13:04.048+01:00David, I wonder if by rewriting it, you've cha...David, I wonder if by rewriting it, you've changed its meaning. Not only does the original never use the word Church, but other than a mention of "other Christian bodies" which lumps them in with postmodernism, issues of gender and younger people as social trends to be understood, they don't seems to have a vision of working outside their own structures at all.Doug Chaplinhttp://clayboy.co.uknoreply@blogger.com