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Michael is an archangel, whose name means ‘who is like unto God?’  He makes various appearances throughout the Bible, from the book of Daniel to the Book of Revelation.  In Daniel, he is ‘one of the princes’ of the heavenly host, and the special guardian of Israel.  In Revelation, he is the principal fighter of...

One of those surveys which some newspapers love to publish claimed recently that a large number of British people believe in angels – almost as many, in fact, as claimed to believe in God. They didn’t tell us what people meant by ‘angels’. I suspect quite a few were thinking of young children who die,...

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What is an angel? Easy, people think: a shining figure with glorious wings, who appears from time to time to do some mighty work for God or bring a very special message from him. Well, that’s right in one sense (apart from the wings, which owe more to stained glass windows than the Bible). But...

Here are the ALL EDITORIAL files for August 2018. You can download them as a .doc  or  .txt  file containing all the editorial articles for this month.

Editor:   Some observations on life as a Christian…. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to McDonald’s makes you a hamburger. A coincidence is when God performs a miracle and decides to remain anonymous. Did it ever occur to you that nothing occurs to God? Here are two things I...

Looking at God A Holiday with Jesus From the Vicar Psalm 1 Be joyful – God’s favour is upon you! What’s Your Talent? ** Editor:  The Rev Paul Hardingham considers how ‘rest’ is based on a relationship, and does not depend on where you go.  A Holiday with Jesus August is the month when schools...

August is the month when schools are off and many of us go on holiday. The trouble is that holidays soon come to an end! Yet Jesus offers us a rest which has no end: ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon...

August is the month when schools are off and many of us go on holiday. The trouble is that holidays soon come to an end! Yet Jesus offers us a rest which has no end: ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon...

This month we begin a new series on the Psalms. Athanasius said: ‘Most Scripture speaks to us; the Psalms speak for us.’ They are powerful tools for devotion and prayer in our lives. We start by looking at Psalm 1, which sets the scene for the whole book. The psalm tells us how we can...

Numbers 6:22-27 How would it feel to go into the rest of this month joyfully confident of God’s favour resting on you? What difference might it make to how you’d approach the things you’ll do, the conversations you’ll have, the decisions you’ll make? Confidence comes in knowing that God is the source of every blessing....