Gospel Reading Matthew 7:24-27: Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew Glory to you, O Lord. “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds…
Bishop Steven addressed Diocesan Synod via Zoom on Saturday 16 November. Jesus came into Galilee proclaiming the good news of God and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of heaven has come near; repent and believe in the good news’. According to Mark, these are the very first words of Jesus our Lord…
Gospel Mark 12. 28-31 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark All Glory to you O Lord One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, ‘Which commandment is the first of all?’ Jesus answered, ‘The first is,…
In his book, Living Jesus, John Pritchard, who is Bishop of Oxford has managed to do something which is quite difficult as a writer, and that is write an accessible account of how Jesus touches our lives and through our lives reaches out to others, which bubbles underneath with his own enthusiasm for the subject of the book.