This week Sunday lectionary reading for Trinity 3 Year C is Luke 10.1–11, 16–20 which records Jesus sending out the ...

It is sometimes remarked that it is uncouth to discuss religion and politics. Throw into that mix money, sex, and death, and ...

The Book of Revelation is a strange book to read. As someone once said about the Troubles in Northern Ireland: 'If you're not ...

When I first started studying theology, our set text for our New Testament Greek class was 1 Peter, the same text which is ...

My friend Ed Shaw is publishing an important book this week, addressing an issue which is a key issue in contemporary culture ...

The lectionary reading for Trinity 2 in Year C is Luke 9.51–62, and the epistle is Gal 5.1, 13–25. Commentary on the gospel reading follows below. For video discussion of the gospel reading, see here; ...

The lectionary readings for Trinity 2 in Year C are Galatians 5.1, 13-25 Luke 9.51-end. In Galatians 5, Paul explores the meaning of freedom in Christ. This is not freedom to indulge the desires of ...

The lectionary readings for Trinity 1 in Year C are Galatians 3.23-29 and Luke 8.26-39. In Gal 3, Paul is dealing with the question of the relationship between faith and law, something he will revisit ...

John Leach, a long-time Grove author, has just written a new title in the Worship series with his son Paul. It explores the often-neglected question of who am I as a worship leader—what persona do I ...