Mark Powley

Archbishop's Mission Enabler for the North. Loves: theology, film, politics, Leeds, my family, God in all things. Posts do not represent Nat Church Institutions

[Emmanuel Theological College @EmmanuelTheoCol]

Hope-Filled Conversations seeks to gather key and emerging practitioners in intercultural church, intercultural church planting and launching ethno-linguistic communities along with planters and pioneers representing a range of cultures and ethnicities.
If this is you, join us!

[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

@MadsDavies It was great to see you, and so glad you enjoyed the dining facilities!

[Phil Whittall @simplepastor]

There are some cracking deals on some top notch Christian books on Kindle at the moment. Here are just a few:

Nick Spencer's magisterial Magisteria & how science & faith are tangled together. 99p.

https://t.co/pLP0hJ0i1w

[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

Delighted Jonah has won the Physics and Philosophy award from Nottingham University

[School of Humanities | University of Nottingham @UoNHumanities]

The winners and prizes for the 2023/2024 academic year are:
Alice Seaborne - The Jim Lees First prize
Florence Cross - The Jim Lees 2nd prize
Thomas Mortimer - The Jim Lees 3rd prize
Jonah Powley - Outstanding Undergraduate Performance Joint Hons

[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

@simplepastor Keep holding, my friend. Love and prayers

[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

Really enjoying getting into this! A good book about the good news. Healing for the soul

[Archbishop of Canterbury @ArchbishopSarah]

Delighted to have celebrated the launch of @revchrisrussell’s book yesterday – Yearning for the Vast and Endless Sea, published by @canterburypress.

[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

[Check out my blog for the full article.]

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[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

So I’ve published a critique of Tom Wright’s ubiquitous ‘five-act play’ model of biblical theology (creation, fall, Israel, Jesus, church/new creation). Despite its strengths it has become a bit theology-by-numbers, so here’s a take on what’s wrong with it
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[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

And last, it encourages us to be fixed and prescriptive about elements that appear in Scripture in poetic or figurative ways. The risk is of thinking we know all the big answers, rather than being on an intellectual pilgrimage.
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[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

@jonswales77 So sorry to hear this

[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

@simplepastor Yes, probably, and redemptionist individualism, and so on��� But there are good bits, too, praise God. That is the beauty of liturgy: you can confess what’s true and not just what rhymes and fits the tonal hook!

[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

Come work with us! Looking for an excellent Programme Manager for ‘Faith in the North’ to help us celebrate stories of faith, share resources for prayer and start new Christian communities across the province. Closing date 3rd Jan. https://t.co/qulmLLCSpi

[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

@GaryWaddington Yes, you too!

[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

Brilliant thread on ‘humanist’ critique of CofE schools from @GaryWaddington

[Fr Gary Waddington @GaryWaddington]

There are *massive errors* in this and the comments that follow.
1. Cancel the CofE's involvement: that's an immediate increase in costs to the taxpayer, not a reduction. Church schools are subsidised by the CofE by 20% of capital costs. Remove that, and watch your tax rise!

[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

Great run yesterday at Sycamore Gap at a rural conversations meeting - adding my pics to the great shots from @BishopNewcastle

[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

36 of them this evening!

[Mark Powley @MarkPowley1]

Confirmations ⁦@stgeorgesleeds⁩ - 7 verses of hope in English and Farsi