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How do you make sense of the Resurrection?  Dead men don’t rise, so why believe that this particular dead man did rise? At the end of St Luke’s Gospel we read that: “they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement” (Luke 24.4).  This is highly significant.  The Gospels do not show us...

Two competitions aimed at helping local churches to support people in housing need – from advocacy and advice for vulnerable tenants to ‘micro-housing’ schemes on church land – have been launched by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Housing, Church and Community. The Project Lab competition, run in partnership with the Cinnamon Network, will identify...

A Gospel to give away at Easter A prayer for communities affected by flooding Orchards – easier than you might think! Reflected Faith: the role of the Sacristan Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi is seeking political asylum in France. How does your church help the community? Day of prayer for England’s social housing estates Scripture Union...

Zeno of Verona (d. 371) should be the patron saint of all ministers who suspect that the more things change, the more they remain the same. For instance:  ethnic diversity…church-planting… teaching…. concern for the poor… women’s ministry in the church… sound like modern-day Christian concerns?   Not a bit of it – this was the life...

Why did Jesus die?   From the Vicar Psalm 22:  Why have you forsaken me? Who moved the stone? Giving and receiving A Display of Power Servanthood  Passionflower ** Editor:  The Revd Canon Paul Hardingham considers sacrificial love. Why did Jesus die?   ‘God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died,...

In the month of Christ’s ultimate sacrifice of Himself for us, the martyrdoms of Carpus, Papylus and Agathonice are well worth remembering.  What they said as they died could be said by the many thousands of Christians who are facing persecution all over the world today. Carpus, Papylus and Agathonice lived in Pergamum (Asia Minor)...

Changes to the legal aid system have left some of the most vulnerable groups in society without access to the justice system, the General Synod was recently told. Members voted to back a motion recognising legal aid as an ‘essential public service’ that needs to be preserved ‘for the benefit of the nation.’ The Synod...

When 800 non-Christians were interviewed about reading a Bible, those aged 18-50 wanted a quality, magazine version of a gospel. So, HOPE Together and Biblica have joined forces to publish Mark’s Gospel in a stunning image-filled format that makes a great Easter gift. Dr Rachel Jordan-Wolfe, assistant director of HOPE Together, took the lead in...

‘God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’’(Billy Graham). God showed His love for us, when Jesus dealt with the problem of our sin on the cross. ‘He himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so...

‘God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’’(Billy Graham).  God showed His love for us, when Jesus dealt with the problem of our sin on the cross. ‘He himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so...

The General Synod has called on the Government to end the ‘cruel’ experience of so-called ‘pauper’ funerals , after hearing of the plight of those unable to afford funeral costs. Members voted to back a call for the Government to oversee the development of basic standards for public health funerals, run by local authorities. Sam...

Anselm is a good saint to remember next time someone asks you to prove that there is a God.  His brilliant and original Proslogion, written 1077-8, sets out the ‘ontological’ proof for God’s existence.  Nearly ten centuries later, it is still studied by theological students as one of the great philosophical ‘proofs’ of God’s existence....