I have often heard it said that when God delivers us, he leads us from a sense of being trapped, hemmed in and confined to a ...

The Sunday lectionary reading (Trinity 9, Year C) continues on its journey through Luke's 'special section' of Jesus' ...

The gospel lectionary reading for Trinity 9 in this Year C is Luke 12.49–56, continuing in a substantial section of teaching of Jesus gathered together by Luke. In this part of the gospel, we find ...

What is the connection between Jesus’ name and the number eight? Why was it significant that Jesus was raised on the eighth day? And what is the theological meaning of this for his followers? To ...

I would like to start a campaign, and it begins today: we should prohibit all use of the word 'church'. I suppose I should qualify that a little: we should prohibit the use of the word "church" in the ...

In the modern world, we live in an age of abundance of texts, and therefore we have to consider carefully the culture of the first century, and their very different relation to texts, when reading the ...

The Sunday lectionary gospel for Trinity 8 in Year C is from Luke 12.32–40, and offers a slightly odd selection of verses, in that it includes the end of one section of Jesus' teaching—on trusting God ...

The gospel lectionary reading for Trinity 8 in this Year C is Luke 12.32-40. It brings together two teachings of Jesus, which ...

A Reference on Racial Justice in the Church of England’ (hereafter BBT) is a ‘book of readings and testimonies about the work ...