What is the connection between Jesus' name and the number eight? Why was it significant that Jesus was raised on the eighth ...

I would like to start a campaign, and it begins today: we should prohibit all use of the word 'church'. I suppose I should ...

The Sunday lectionary gospel for Trinity 8 in Year C is from Luke 12.32–40, and offers a slightly odd selection of verses, in that it includes the end of one section of Jesus' teaching—on trusting God ...

The gospel lectionary reading for Trinity 8 in this Year C is Luke 12.32-40. It brings together two teachings of Jesus, which appear to be paradoxical, or at least in some tension. On the one hand, we ...

The problem at BBT’s heart —as indeed more widely with the churches—is the focus on the term ‘racial justice’ which is assumed to carry the weight of the church’s ministry rather than an aspect of it.

Perhaps the most striking thing about the ‘land’ within the OT narrative of Israel is that, contrary to one dimensional claims about promise and inheritance, it actually has multiple significance, and ...

The lectionary reading for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity in Year C is the Parable of the Rich Fool in Luke 12.13–21. It is one of several parables that is unique to Luke, and includes features that ...