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Read Jonah 2:2-9.  Twice in the Bible there is a record of prayers prayed in hell. In Jesus’ parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, the former prayed for both release from his torment and that a warning would be sent to his family (Luke 16:24-31). Here in the book of Jonah this chapter opens...

The phone was a great invention. How easy, to press a few numbers on our small devices and speak to someone the other side of the world. Once a phone was a luxury item; now we take it for granted that this gadget in our pocket enables us to contact anyone, at any time, in...

 A Mesopotamian disaster, or a world catastrophe? The Flood continues to fuel speculation worldwide. That is the precise point – we don’t even have to explain which flood we’re talking about; Noah’s Flood is firmly embedded in the human memory on every continent. There is a Hindu tradition about a great flood, and a ship...

  When I say, “I am a Christian,” I’m not shouting, “I am saved!” I’m whispering, “I get lost; that is why I chose this way.” When I say, “I am a Christian,” I don’t speak of this with pride. I’m confessing that I stumble and need Someone to be my Guide. When I say,...

Mary Magdalene From the Vicar An Introduction to the Books of the New Testament: Romans The Nicene Creed part 2: Who is Jesus? Reflecting Faith: Saying ‘Hello’ Praying With the Prayers of the Bible:the Prayer of National Confession The story behind the hymn:Eternal Father Strong to Save ** Editor:  Canon Paul Hardingham considers the difference...

Six Marys are mentioned in the New Testament, including Mary Magdalene, who is remembered this month in the church’s calendar (22nd July). What can we learn from Mary’s story? We don’t have to be defined by our past: When Jesus encountered Mary, He cast seven demons out of her (Luke 8:2). As a result, her...

Six Marys are mentioned in the New Testament, including Mary Magdalene, who is remembered this month in the church’s calendar. What can we learn from Mary’s story? We don’t have to be defined by our past: When Jesus encountered Mary, He cast seven demons out of her (Luke 8:2). As a result, her life was...

– An Introduction to the Books of the New Testament: Romans ‘Paul’s letter to Rome is the high peak of Scripture…all roads in the Bible led to Romans, and all views afforded by the Bible are seen most clearly from Romans’ (J I Packer) Paul probably wrote his letter to the Christians in Rome around...

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made. This month we are looking at what the Nicene Creed affirms about...

Last month we considered how, when we are invited by the priest to come and receive Holy Communion, our immediate response is one of being overwhelmed with the enormity of what we are being offered. We recognise how unworthy we are, to even be in God’s presence, never mind taking Him in our hands and...

Daniel 9:5, ‘We have sinned and done wrong … turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.’ In this chapter the prophet Daniel, an exile in Babylon, prays one of the Bible’s truly great prayers of national repentance. Knowing that Judah and Jerusalem had fallen to the enemy and that 70 years of exile lay ahead...

Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep; Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril on the sea!  O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard And hushed their raging at Thy word, Who walked’st on...