It is always a relief when we celebrate Palm Sunday from Matthew (as we do in this Year A in the lectionary) or Mark's ...
The NT epistle reading for Palm Sunday in this Year 3 is the so-called 'Christ hymn' in Phil 2.5–11. This is a fitting ...
In the Synod debates on sexuality and marriage last February, I started playing ‘inclusive Jesus’ bingo. How many times would speeches protesting against our current doctrine and urging change mention ...
Fresh Light from the Biblical Texts (IVP Books, 2019) writes: New Testament scholar Preston Sprinkle has created quite a stir ...
This Sunday, Lent 5 in Year A, we come to the last of our for explorations of Jesus' encounters with individuals that formed ...
The lectionary epistle for Lent 5 in Year A is Romans 8.6–11, a slightly odd choice in cutting out verse 5, or even in ...
Andrew Atherstone has continued the tradition of being the biographer of our archbishops. He published two on Justin Welby, and has brought his proficient pen to bear on Sarah Mullally, producing his ...
I write a quarterly column for Preach magazine, in which I explore a significant word, phrase, or idea in the Bible, or a theme or section of Scripture, and the ideas that it expresses. At the end of ...