Bishop Wright says church must challenge world’s ‘self-serving’ notions

by Jenna Lyle
Thursday, July 15, 2010

Bishop Tom Wright bid farewell to the Diocese of Durham on Tuesday night with a reminder to the Church to stand against political correctness and be the voice of justice for the poor and God’s creation.

Delivering his farewell sermon before his retirement as Bishop of Durham next month, Bishop Wright challenged the notion that being interested in social justice meant denying the resurrection of Jesus, whilst being interested in eternal salvation meant having to treat the world as irrelevant.

He urged Christians to speak out in the face of injustice and give hope to those in difficulty, such as the poor and asylum seekers. the rest