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There are three things to bear in mind when you pick up your Bible: First, approach it expectantly.  The Bible is not just another book – it is the Word of God, given to us by God to help us and instruct us. The Psalmist declared, ‘Your Word is a lamp to my feet and...

A lady had recently become a Christian and been baptised. Curious, one of her colleagues at work asked her what it was like to be a Christian. The lady was caught off guard and didn’t know how to answer.  Then she saw the office ‘jack-o’-lantern’ on a nearby desk and blurted: “Well, it’s like being...

Sometimes a law of nature is very similar to a law of the spirit. Take the whole business of harvest, or ‘sowing and reaping’. The Bible tells us: “A farmer who plants just a few seeds will get only a small crop, but if he plants much, he will reap much.” (2 Cor 9:6) The...

The bells ring out on Sunday morn, O did you hear their call? They call the faithful ones to prayer To Church they summon all. But Lord, I cannot come today, I live a busy life, Still, when there’s something special on I’ll try and send the wife. It poured with rain last Sunday An...

Climate Sunday is this month From the Vicar The Parable of the Sower Let Jesus Christ find you Reflected Faith Series: the Bread we eat Thanking God for our blessings Why Christians need to rethink defence and security issues Becoming new ** Editor:  Canon Paul Hardingham considers an urgent problem. Climate Sunday is this month...

Sunday 5th September is being designated Climate Sunday, ahead of the UN’s climate change conference, COP26, in Glasgow during November. How should we approach the challenge of climate change? We have damaged God’s creation: God delights in His creation: ‘God saw all that He had made, and it was very good.’(Genesis 1:31). However, we have...

Sunday 5th September is being designated Climate Sunday, ahead of the UN’s climate change conference, COP26, in Glasgow during November. How should we approach the challenge of climate change? We have damaged God’s creation: God delights in His creation: ‘God saw all that He had made, and it was very good.’(Genesis 1:31). However, we have...

This month we are looking at the Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:1-20). It’s the story of a farmer who sowed his seed in different type of soils. These represent the different responses of the heart to God’s Word (v15-20): 1) The hard heart: ‘like seed along the path…as soon as they hear it, Satan...

Jesus said, ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again...

The majority of Sunday morning service in churches throughout the world are based on the Last Supper of Jesus. At the Passover meal, on the night before His death, Jesus took bread, gave thanks, broke it and gave it to His disciples saying, “This is My body given for you;”  (Luke 22:19a). He also took...

Our winter barley ripened quickly this year, and soon the combine harvesters were rolling here on the Northumberland / Scottish Border. As the first trailer load of grain came into the shed, I ran my hands through the golden grains, offering a short prayer of thankfulness as I savoured the smell of fresh cut barley....

The world is changing. It’s on an accelerated path towards some worrying possibilities. Ten years ago, our focus was primarily on combatting extremist terrorists. But for many in defence and foreign policy circles, our assumption was that the world was becoming more peaceful, conflicts less deadly, arms control more effective, and a major war between...