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Does ‘impartiality’ express the heart of the gospel?

June 23, 2025June 20, 2025

When I first started studying theology, our set text for our New Testament Greek class was 1 Peter, the same text which is the focus of study of the Lambeth Conference meeting of Anglican bishops from around the world planned for this summer. It was a slightly odd text to choose for those starting out …

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Is ‘impartiality’ the heart of the gospel?

March 16, 2020March 11, 2020

When I first started studying theology, our set text for our New Testament Greek class was 1 Peter, the same text which is the focus of study of the Lambeth Conference meeting of Anglican bishops from around the world planned for this summer. It was a slightly odd text to choose for those starting out …

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Ian Paul

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Associate Senior Research Fellow, Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology; Associate Minister, St Nic's, Nottingham; Managing Editor, Grove Books; chair, Tyndale NT group; member of General Synod, formerly of Archbishops' Council. Mac user; chocoholic. Tweets at @psephizo

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The Practice of Evangelical Spirituality

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