Found 11 resource(s) in 'Looking at God', for April 2026.
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The Cross of Jesus From the Vicar Never Far Away Breakfast – with Jesus Christ What’s the Big Idea? – an Introduction to the Books of the Old Testament: Lamentations The Seven Deadly Sins: Envy Reflected Faith Series: Same Old, Same Old Noah: builder for God Peaceful mind in Eastertide ** Editor: Canon Paul Hardingham... (3596 words)The Cross of Jesus
The cross is a picture of violence, yet the key to peace; a picture of suffering, yet the key to healing; a picture of death, yet the key to life; a picture of utter weakness, yet the key to power; a picture of capital punishment, yet the key to mercy and forgiveness; a picture of... (296 words)From the Vicar
The cross is a picture of violence, yet the key to peace; a picture of suffering, yet the key to healing; a picture of death, yet the key to life; a picture of utter weakness, yet the key to power; a picture of capital punishment, yet the key to mercy and forgiveness; a picture of... (296 words)Resurrection life
Did you have ‘a good Lent’? Were you able to make the journey with Jesus through the turmoil of those last days of His earthly ministry as He set His face to go to Jerusalem, knowing He would be killed there? I find the Lenten journey, particularly Holy Week (the week leading up to the... (428 words)Never Far Away
We can only imagine how the two travellers to Emmaus felt, knowing that Jesus had died. Gone were their hopes for a bright future. They thought God had let them down. They had suffered a cruel blow and were bewildered and upset. In their grief, the risen Jesus came alongside them and spoke with them... (400 words)Breakfast – with Jesus Christ
“It is the Lord!” (John 21:7) There is something very reassuring in the simple scene by Galilee’s lake, described on that post-Easter morning. Taking place there was the birth of a mighty world-wide adventure that has not ended yet! Was there ever a breakfast like it? They’d been fishing all night, but in vain…. until... (367 words)What’s the Big Idea? – an Introduction to the Books of the Old Testament: Lamentations
The Book of Lamentations consists of five laments over the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile of Judah’s leading inhabitants to Babylon. Tradition ascribes the book to Jeremiah, who witnessed Jerusalem’s destruction in 586 BC. Each lament is an acrostic i.e. each verse begins in order with a different letter of the Hebrew alphabet (except... (292 words)The Seven Deadly Sins: Envy
‘A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.’ (Proverbs 14:30). This month we are looking at the Deadly Sin of envy. As a consuming desire to have what others have got, it’s a major source of unhappiness. It is different to jealousy: ‘Envy is wanting something that someone else... (293 words)Reflected Faith Series: Same Old, Same Old
Last time I wrote I suggested you listened carefully to your own internal thoughts and feelings before and after listening to a sermon – be it in church live or on a video or broadcast. Well, here we are at Easter – and guess what the sermon subject is likely to be? Christ is risen... (369 words)Noah: builder for God
Mention the name Noah, and it’s likely we remember he built an ark, and then filled it with animals. But did you know that Noah lived for 500 years before he started this massive carpentry project? With such a long life before the flood, we may wonder what he did for five centuries! Apparently, Noah... (368 words)Peaceful mind in Eastertide
Easter is a time of rejoicing over what Christ has done for us. The following may be helpful. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. – 1 John 4:9 You see, at just the right time, when we... (170 words)
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