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Fifth live discussion Wed 26 Jan 2011, Queen Elizabeth School, Wimborne Minster, Dorset
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I am greatly looking forward to our fifth live discussion this coming Wednesday 26 January 2011 with sixth formers from Queen Elizabeth School , Wimborne Minster, Dorset. Note that the time is earlier than usual and is from 9.00am-9.30am. This is because I have to catch a train to London after that for a meeting. Answering Grill a Bishop questions from the train - though possible - is not easy because trains on that line move in and out of internet connections.
I enjoyed the prize giving evening at Queen Elizabeth School before Christmas and also our Q&A face to face session with sixthformers on 12 January recently, with the BBC Radio 4 Today programme recorded and broadcast last Thursday 20 January at 7.43am. Click here .
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Fifth live discussion Wed 26 Jan 2011, Queen Elizabeth School, Wimborne Minster, Dorset
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Fourth live discussion Wed 19 January 2011, St Laurence School, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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I am greatly looking forward to our fourth live discussion this coming Wednesday 19 January 2011 at the usual time of 11.00-11.30am. This week it will be with sixth formers at St Laurence School, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire.
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Fourth live discussion Wed 19 January 2011, St Laurence School, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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Are you there?
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Another question?
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Previously Beaminster School wrote:
Can folowers of other religions be rewarded in heaven?
and should all christian denominations unite together?
thanks. It depends what you mean by reward. God's gift of salvation is free and not parcelled out in response to rewards - otherwise no one could live with God in heaven for we are all sinners. I believe that we are given salvation by Christ, by his cross and by faith, and that needs us to receive the gift. I do believe that there are some followers of other faiths who are open in faith to God as they know him and who will live with him in heaven - not because of being rewarded but because of God's gift, and that even if they don't know of Christ in this life, their faith in God may be equated with faith in God and in Christ - as Abraham's faith is equated in Romans chapter 4. For further discussion, see my article here.
PS. Unity between Christian denominations is very important and I long for us to be more united.
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Eighth live discussion Wed 2 March 2011, Beaminster School, Beaminster, Dorset
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Previously Beaminster School wrote:
Can folowers of other religions be rewarded in heaven?
and should all christian denominations unite together?
thanks. It depends what you mean by reward. God's gift of salvation is free and not parcelled out in response to rewards - otherwise no one could live with God in heaven for we are all sinners. I believe that we are given salvation by Christ, by his cross and by faith, and that needs us to receive the gift. I do believe that there are some followers of other faiths who are open in faith to God as they know him and who will live with him in heaven - not because of being rewarded but because of God's gift, and that even if they don't know of Christ in this life, their faith in God may be equated with faith in God and in Christ - as Abraham's faith is equated in Romans chapter 4. For further discussion, see my article here.
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Eighth live discussion Wed 2 March 2011, Beaminster School, Beaminster, Dorset
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Previously Beaminster School wrote:
Can an all loving God really be all loving in a world which contains evil? How do you look back at suffering you have seen and explain why it has occured and how does this make you feel?
Thanks. An all loving and all powerful God and yet evil exists. All three, mysteriously, are true - we see them in the character and live of Jesus of Nazareth and that is the test of the character of God. Sometimes we can look back at suffering and see some sort of 'purpose' but rarely. There may well be a pattern, but like a Persian carpet that has a pattern on one side, but it is not discernable on the other - we are looking at the other side; and one day in heaven will see the patterned side. The pattern we see in the Old Testament, and in the New, is of God's people doing down and then being brought up again. Down into Egypt and up into the Promised Land, Down into exile in Babylon, and up again back to Jerusalem. That is also the pattern of Jesus's life - death and resurrection. I can't explain evil and innocent suffering and feel awful when I witness it, but try to be with people and friends in the midst of it all.
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Eighth live discussion Wed 2 March 2011, Beaminster School, Beaminster, Dorset
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Previously Beaminster School wrote:
What makes Jesus so unique compared to other religious figures?
we are aware are time has run out. thankyou very much for answering our question, your answers will help us greatly in our studies. we look forward to reading your answers. Thanks!!
Thanks. Jesus is unique because other religious figures did not claim to be equal with God, to forgive sins, to judge the world and to accept worship. Thanks for such great questions. I really enjoyed visiting your school last year and look forward to my next visit.
I'm off to Sheffield this afternoon for a meeting early tomorrow with 150 young people who are meeting with about 20 bishops. We are likely to be grilled - so Grill a Bishop is catching on....
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