I am a Christian because I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. Over the years I have had
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Jesus Suffered Unimaginable Pain – For Us!
It is all too easy to jump from Palm Sunday with its story of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem to
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“Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you
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In my diary the fourth Sunday of Lent (this year Sunday 18 March 2012) is marked as ‘Mothering Sunday’. On
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In Double Cream (Monarch 1988), an anthology of Christian witticism collected by Stephen Gaukroger and Nick Mercer, there is a
Continue readingHospitality versus Entertaining
In the Pastorals, ‘hospitality’ is a key qualification for pastoral office: Paul tells Timothy (1 Tim 3.2) that a ‘bishop’
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The English word ‘Lent’ means ‘Spring’. But Lent is not primarily a spring festival, but rather a pre-Easter period of
Continue readingAn Inviting Church
This week I came across two American studies on inviting people to church According to the first study: Three out
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“I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Matt 25.35). These words of Jesus found in the Parable of the
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“There is no sound so sweet as the sound of one’s own name”, said William Shakespeare. And he’s right. People
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