Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
THE front page of the Diocese of Winchester Clergy Noticeboard, in February, 2005, noted that the Right Reverend James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool, was to deliver a Lent Lecture on the Icon of God.
Gaian Economics (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Like many, I have been mesmerised by the drama unfolding in the world's financial institutions for the past couple of weeks. In fact I must confess that the word Schadenfreude has taken on a new depth of meaning. So it was pleasant to be reminded this morning by the Bishop of Liverpool about the economy that matters: the natural economy. He quoted the poem Providence by George Herbert and discussed...
VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Response to Liverpool Bishop James Jones: Beyond the Guardian caricature by Professor Gordon Wenham & Revd Dr John Nolland, Trinity College, Bristol September 8th, 2008 The Press Many were shocked and saddened to read in the Guardian a few months back that James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool, had written that 'the Bible sanctions same-sex relationships' (Guardian, 5/2/08). They were saddened that a bishop...
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Professor Gordon Wenham & Revd Dr John Nolland, Trinity College, Bristol The Press Many were shocked and saddened to read in the Guardian a few months back that James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool, had written that ‘the Bible sanctions same-sex relationships’ (Guardian, 5/2/08). They were saddened that a bishop who had promised ‘to banish all erroneous doctrine [...]
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
THE Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Rev James Jones, paid tribute to the creativity and variety on show at the Southport Flower Show.
The Ugley Vicar (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
There are, I'm fully aware, good arguments for ordaining women (not that I entirely agree with them, but they are serious arguments). This one, put forward by the Bishop of Liverpool, surely has to qualify as one of the worst arguments. You can read the whole thing here , but the gist of it is in this quote: " If a woman could feed and minister to the Body of Christ in the flesh, can a woman not also...
VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
DUSTING OFF THE COMPASS By Tim and Becky Shah "Take away the Gospel from a Church and that Church is not worth preserving," wrote the Anglican Bishop of Liverpool J.C. Ryle in 1890. "A well without water, a scabbard without a sword, a steam-engine without a fire, a ship without compass and rudder, a watch without a mainspring, a stuffed carcass without life, all these are useless things. But there...
The Ugley Vicar (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
(Ed: An uncharitable piece from Giles Fraser, which also suggests the Bishop of Liverpool spoke with 'forked tosh'. I hope he didn't, but see here for his exegetical efforts on homosexuality.) [...] The debate threw up some unlikely heroes. Foremost among them the Bishop of Liverpool, who has had his troubles of late, chiefly as chair of governors of the Oxford college, Wycliffe Hall that has made...
Re-cycle of Life (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Not everyone is going out of their way to embrace the Conservatives right now. Florida Governor Charlie Crist - one of John McCain's potential running mates - is visiting Britain later this month to meet a series of public figures. Prince Charles, David Miliband, the Bishop of Liverpool and even Tony Blair are all booked to see him, but Cameron et al won't be getting a look in. However, organisers...
Thinking Anglicans (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
Religious Intelligence has Bishop of Liverpool in call to resign after tribunal ruling by Toby Cohen Church Times has Press officer who accused bishop of lying wins case by Pat Ashworth Earlier reports here and also here....
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
Resign call from sacked cleric in job row win
icLiverpool (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
THE Bishop of Liverpool was branded a "liar who does not like the city", in a dispute with his former spin doctor.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
THE Bishop of Liverpool was branded a “liar who does not like the city”, in a dispute with his former spin doctor.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
THE Bishop of Liverpool does not like the city, a tribunal heard today as a man won his claim for unfair dismissal against the church.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 21/03/2008
Towards the endWHEN I was a parish priest, I was asked to visit a lady who was dying, writes the Rt Rev James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool. of our time together, I asked her if she would like me to pray with her. “No”, she said firmly, “not if you're going to tell me I’m going to die”. I continued to visit her faithfully. As we got to know each other, she began to talk about God and asked, “What would...
