Maggie and I are planning to lead another study trip to western Turkey later this year, from Tuesday 28th September to ...

A new report from Robin Gill and John Craven, Wasted Money in a Diminishing Church, has been doing the rounds, and it has ...

The term ‘love’ is clearly important in the New Testament in a range of contexts. But modern use of ‘love’ shifts its meaning into all sorts of different areas. One solution to this has been to ...

The late Richard Hays’ book The Moral Vision of the New Testament was a landmark work that offered a serious, structured approach to the question of how the New Testament should shape Christian ...

There has been a growing movement claiming that Christianity calls for a certain kind of masculinity, protesting against a ...

Paul and his co-authors explain their approach to ministry, but do so by appeal to what the Thessalonians knew of them. They ...

Why was a faculty application for a portable baptismal pool in a church in Southwell and Nottingham rejected? What does that tell us about processes in the Church of England—and are they fit for ...

The lectionary gospel for Trinity 19 in Year A is Matthew 22.1–14, the parable of the wedding banquet. This is the third of three parables about judgement in this section of the gospel, and these ...

Can we use humour in preaching? What does it do to help in engaging the listeners? What are the dangers and pitfalls? Was Jesus funny? Last Sunday week, after I preached at a church I am supporting ...

Peter’s confession of Jesus in Matthew 16.13–20 has some fascinating differences from the parallel accounts in Luke and Mark—and a unique Matthean comment addressed by Jesus to Peter. Video discussion ...