Contrary to popular tradition, Jesus was not born in a stable! Why? Because the 'manger' where he was laid was at the bottom ...

The lectionary gospel reading for Advent 3 in Year A is Matt 11.2–11, and as usual is rather truncated, so you might want to ...

What first drew you to 1 Peter within the New Testament? Why has this been an important text for you? As a pastor I was ...

The lectionary makes an odd choice here, and we really need to read on to verse 11 as well. James here echoes much of the ...

Around this time of year my nerdy mind turns to constructing an authentic biblical nativity scene. This amuses my family, to ...

The lectionary gospel reading for Advent 2 in Year A is Matt 3.1–12, and it contains many foundational themes of eschatology, ...

It follows on from Paul's discussion about the 'strong' and the 'weak' in chapter 14, and in many ways summarises the themes ...

When I first learnt New Testament Greek, the set text for our class was (slightly oddly!) 1 Peter. This has left me with an affection for the letter—so I was very interested to see the new commentary ...

John Hudghton writes: Around this time of year my nerdy mind turns to constructing an authentic biblical nativity scene. This amuses my family, to say the least. I try to take on board the lessons of ...