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Then he said to  Thomas , ‘Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.’...

The Song of Songs, otherwise known as the Song of Solomon, is, basically a love song, attributed to King Solomon. On first reading, it...

There is a time for everything,     and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die,     a time to...

The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: for gaining wisdom and instruction; for understanding words of insight;  for...

Sitting in church on Palm Sunday yesterday, as we listened to the story of Holy Week being read aloud – the donkey, the palm branches,...

The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah.   Matthew 1:1-17   This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:  ...

It is the longest book in the Bible. It contains some of the best-known verses in the Bible (e.g. the Lord is my shepherd I shall not...

‘I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil.’  (Job 3:26)     The book of Job is the first of the five Books of...

‘This epistle is the chief part of the New Testament and the very purest gospel. It can never be read or pondered too much, and the more...

IN THE BEGINNING     It all began 2000 years ago.  A man called Jesus Christ lived in a remote Roman outpost called Palestine. We call...

In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus provides us with a template to assist us with our prayer lives. It is neatly summarised in five words:...

“To make it possible for everyone to attend church next Sunday, we propose to have a special "No Excuse Sunday". Beds will be placed in...

What does it mean to be a King? Kings have power and prestige; they ride in Limousines, with an armed escort. Jesus, by contrast, entered...

Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’ ‘I don’t know,’ he replied. ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’ (Genesis 4:9) The story...

How do you write a book of theology without even mentioning the name of God? Impossible, you might think, but that is what we get in the...

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders,...

John 1:3-5: “in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not...

In 721BC, the northern state of Israel was wiped off the map by the mighty Assyrian Empire. The people were carted off into exile, never...

Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been? I've been up to London to look at the Queen. Pussycat, pussycat, what saw you there? I saw a...

Been there. Done that. Got the T-shirt. Why are they in the Bible? We may well wonder – do we need the two Books of Chronicles? Why are...