In the final part of our study of the Nicene Creed we look at God the Holy Spirit – The Unseen God – and his One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church – His Manifest Works
On this Remembrance Sunday we reflect on the scars of Christ, inspired by Edward Shillito’s poem Jesus of the Scars If we have never sought, we seek Thee now;Thine eyes burn through the dark, our only stars;We must have sight of thorn-pricks on Thy brow,We must have Thee, O Jesus of the Scars. The heavens…
Easter has always been associated with baptism and so, on this Palm Sunday, we are considering the importance and significance of Christian baptism
Mission is not an optional extra for ‘advanced Christians’, nor is it simply a department of the Church, it is much more important than that. To fully understand the part of the local church in missions we need to ask:
In John 4 a woman despised and excluded from her community encountered Jesus by a well. He didn’t even have a bucket to draw water for himself but he advised her to ask him for water.
God did the impossible at Christmas – the omnipotent God becomes a helpless child. And yet he did it …
On this Easter Sunday we remember how John 18:26-19:16 records Jesus being brought to Pontius Pilate, a pagan, a Roman, a man from an entirely different world, and a man (who boasted at least) that he held Christ’s life in his hand. And yet, convinced as he was of his innocence, Pilate could only try…