I write a quarterly column for Preach magazine, in which I explore a significant word, phrase, or idea in the Bible, or a theme or section of Scripture, and the ideas that it expresses. At the end of ...

It has been reported that US troops have been told that the war in Iran is the beginning of the final Battle of Armageddon ...

For the Mothering Sunday gospel of Jesus’ presentation in Luke 2, the written commentary is here and the video discussion is here. The epistle is 2 Cor 1.3–7, and the video discussion of this passage ...

The gospel lectionary reading for Lent 3 is John 4.5-42, probably the longest reading in the lectionary! The epistle is ...

Lent 4 is also Mothering Sunday in the calendar, and the readings for Mothering Sunday in Year A are 2 Corinthians 1.3-7 and the dedication of Jesus in Luke 2. In 2 Cor 1, Paul begins this letter by ...

The epistle for Lent 3 is Romans 5.1–11; the gospel is Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well in John 4. In Romans 5, ...

Tim Goode is a residentiary canon in York Minster, having previously spent all his time since ordination in 2009 in parish ...

The diocese of London has been awarded a grant of £730,000 from the Church of England’s Racial Justice Unit to develop its ...

You probably know that there still is a small Samaritan Israelite community. Who are they? Where are they from? “It’s complicated,” as they say, because it all depends on who you are listening to. In ...

The Sunday lectionary gospel reading for Lent 2 in Year A is Nicodemus’ meeting with Jesus in John 3.1–17. The epistle is Romans 4.1-5 and 13-17. The video discussion of the epistle is here, and of ...