I need to start collecting material for next year's Hour At The Cross service. This is the front runner so far. This year we had Psalm ...

Roger Carswell suggested that we might think of the 3 crosses of Luke 23:39-43 alongside Romans 6:23: (1) The cross of rebellion - the unre...

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration which is awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the arm...

Martin Luther said: All the prophets did foresee in spirit, that Christ should become the greatest transgressor, murderer, adulterer, thief,...

Athanasius called this Psalm the 5th gospel account of the crucifixion. Here is a remarkable description of the death of the Lord Jesus abou...

This sacrifice takes place on a mountain in the land of Moriah . The only other mention in the Bible of Mount Moriah is as the site where...

Toiling away on 1 John for homegroup notes. There are various theories about what John means by “the water and the blood” in 1 John 5v6-7. A...

Jesus’ baptism (Mark 1vv9-11) foreshadows his death on the cross (see 10v39) where, though perfect and spotless, he will identify with sinfu...

The Rt Revd Dr N. T. Wright’s The Cross and the Caricatures: a response to Robert Jenson, Jeffrey John, and a new volume entitled Pierce...

Mrs Lloyd and I attended a concert at Christ Church, Southgate on Saturday. We were surprised to see that they had put six prominently displ...

There's been some discussion over on Revd Michael Jensen's blog (27th Feb, arising from Pierced For Our Transgressions) about whethe...

I'm very much looking forward to seeing Pierced for our transgressions: rediscovering the glory of penal substitution by Drs Jeffery, O...

Over supper in the Oak Hill dinning hall today, SJ suggested an idea that was new to me: that on the cross Jesus took upon himself Adam'...