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St Andrew and football From the Vicar The Nicene Creed:The Church and the Future What’s the Big Idea? – An Introduction to the Books of the New Testament: Ephesians When there is no peace Reflecting Faith: Do we hear God’s Word today? Praying With the Prayers of the Bible: when your prayer is not answered...

‘Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that’ (Bill Shankley). When you replace the word ‘football’ with ‘mission’, this quote still has something to say! The apostle Andrew (we remember him on 30th November) demonstrates what...

‘Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that’ (Bill Shankley). When you replace the word ‘football’ with ‘mission’, this quote still has something to say! The apostle Andrew (we remember him on 30th November) demonstrates what...

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.   ‘We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church’: The Creed affirms the four marks of the church, defining...

Paul wrote the letter of Ephesians around AD 60, while in prison at Rome. It was probably a circular letter to be read in the house churches of Ephesus and the local area. Paul founded the church over a period of three years (Acts 19:1-20:1) between 52-55 AD. Ephesus was the leading city and commercial...

They dress the wound of My people as though it were not serious. “Peace, peace,” they say, when there is no peace. (Jeremiah 6:14) I wonder what peace felt like in 1945, after 9th May or 16th August? These, of course, were the days after Victory in Europe Day and then Victory in Japan Day....

For the last few months, we’ve been looking at the way that church services are put together. After the Gloria each week, this we hear ‘God’s Word’ as written in the Bible. This is usually three passages: one from the Old Testament, one from the epistles, and one from the gospels. But how much do...

2 Cor. 12:8; ‘Three times I asked the Lord about this …but…’ Paul is talking about one of the most mysterious and one of the most baffling aspects of prayer – when God does not say yes. On the face of it, Paul’s prayer was very modest.  For some time he had been troubled by...

The Friend at Midnight Vicar’s Letter What’s the Big Idea? – An Introduction to the Books of the Bible: Galatians The Nicene Creed: The Person of the Holy Spirit Let Him lead me to the banquet hall, and let His banner over me be love. Praying With the Prayers of the Bible: the Prayer for...

As we remember St Luke this month, let’s note that one of the major themes in his gospel is prayer. Jesus tells the Parable of the Friend at Midnight (Luke 11:5-8) in the context of teaching His disciples to pray (1). Pray Shamelessly: In the parable a man approaches his friend at midnight and asking:...

As we remember St Luke this month, let’s note that one of the major themes in his gospel is prayer. Jesus tells the Parable of the Friend at Midnight (Luke 11:5-8) in the context of teaching His disciples to pray (1).  Pray Shamelessly:                                                                                                                            In the parable a man approaches his friend at midnight and asking:...

Paul’s letter to the Galatians has been described as the ‘Magna Carta of Christian Liberty’, because it emphasises the freedom that we have through faith in Jesus Christ. Paul vigorously defends the truth that people are justified (‘made right with God’) by faith in Jesus Christ alone. Our standing with God is not determined by...