Dear Friends Some of the guards went into the city and told the chief priests what had happened. After the priests had called together the Elders, they formulated a plan to give a generous bribe to the soldiers, telling them: “You must say this: ‘His followers came...

Dear Friends Blessed are those who make peace, for they will be called God’s children. … Strive eagerly to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. [Matthew 5:9; Ephesians 4:3] Every so often an industrial dispute hits the headlines and we in Coventry...

Dear Friends The Lord went ahead of them the whole time, a pillar of cloud to guide them by day and a pillar of fire to lighten their way by night, so that they could travel by day or night. Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night moved from...

Dear Friends At the start of it all was the Word, the Word being God as with God. He was there in the beginning with God, all things coming into existence through him and nothing existing without him. What has come into being in him is life; life that is light for all...

We have heard for ourselves, O God, our predecessors have told us the deeds you performed in their time, how in bygone days you saved us from our enemies. [Psalm 44:1, 7a] “Do you remember when we came here before?” Ted often says. I try to remember; I rack my brains...

Dear Friends We do not have a permanent city in this world: rather we look to a city that is yet to come …. You will be richly welcomed into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. [Hebrews 13:14; 2 Peter 1:11] A few of you, no doubt, will have...

Dear Friends You have renounced the old self with its associated practices and become a new person, your minds being renewed into the likeness of the one who created you. … You need to be made absolutely new, both in heart and mind, putting on a new identity created...

Dear Friends I can’t admit to being the original author, but this piece is in the public domain (author unknown) and hence copyright free, and I know many of you will not have access to this. I hope you enjoy. See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before...

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” [Hebrews 13:5] I'm currently reading an interesting book entitled Sins of Fathers. It's the life story of Michael...