What people believed about life after death, about resurrection was a live question in Jesus’ time. It was the subject of debate in theological circles and there was a range of opinions about it amongst everyday Jewish believers. It is clear from many of the Old Testament writings that for most of that period there […]
I wonder what you think of when I say the word “church”. When I was at theological college training for ordination one of my tutors used to insist that if we were talking about a church building, or referring to a church building in placement reports or essays that we wrote for him that we […]
Sheep and shepherds were a common feature of life for the whole of the Biblical period – thousands of years. Most people had a sheep or two at some point, everyone would have known a shepherd. Sheep and goats would have roamed through villages and towns, down the tracks and roads, through all the landscape. […]
Having had a bit of a break last week, as we celebrated Harvest together, this morning we are back in the Creed, exploring in detail what we say week by week, and what it means for our day to day lives. We’ve already explored our belief in God the Father, our creator, and in God […]