The book of Nehemiah is often preached for leadership tips or with a view to a building project. It occurred to me today that I don't re...

I am planning a sabbatical, and whilst there is a great danger of too many projects which don't really come off, I am thinking of having...

Some jottings from a sermon preached by The Revd Vaughan Roberts on Romans 12:3-end at St Ebbe's Church, Oxford. So often a dis...

“Measure of faith” in Romans 12v3c is a tricky little phrase. According to Cranfield, measure has 7 possible meanings, faith 5, of 2,...

Romans 12:3-21 (page 1139) Relationships Transformed by The Gospel Vv1-2: Our relationship with God – consecration and transfor...

Amongst many more important and useful things, of course. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had a switch which allowed them to lock their b...

I read Getting Things Done a few years ago and found it immensely helpful but I am not as diligent at using its systems as I should be. I...

From The Rectory In this article I tell you why you must be mad not to be in church on Sunday. Sort of. Of course if you’re ...

It struck me at the prayer meeting last night that we have a pretty busy term coming up. Of course in the Sept - Dec period you probably h...

The Revd Dr Joe Boot was very interesting on the subject of Engaging Secularism at The Sussex Evangelical Ministry Seminar yesterday. The au...

Boersma writes: this-worldly, created realities participate in the heavenly, uncreated reality of the eternal Word of God. Created being i...

According to Eugene Peterson, in the 404 verses of the book of the Revelation, there are 518 allusions to other Scriptures. Foreword to H ...

Again! Eugene Peterson quotes Hans Boersma's summary conclusion: Christ himself is hidden in all the Old Testament. The biblic...

I think we may be more or less ready for Sunday. Romans 11 (p1138) – Israel past, present and future The issue of Israel -   ...

My aunt has traced something of her family tree. The furthest we can get back amongst the Lloyds is to one Thomas Lloyd senior who was a col...

When I was an ordinand in training, one of the cries of the doctrine department was “we distinguish!”. And indeed we must. But we must disti...

‘… there is nothing here to suggest that Paul only has some kinds of homosexual acts in mind. As a cultured and traveled Roman citizen, ...

For what it's worth prepared for the camp leaders: Romans 1:18-32 – Humanity’s Problem: Our Need for the Gospel 1:16-17 – Pa...

DV I am going to preach my way through the early chapters of Romans again for the leaders on camp. I think I may not have posted this when I...

A first draft for a sermon I hope to preach on 21st August: Romans 9 (p1135): But have God’s promises to Israel failed? 8:28-39 ...