Chapter & verse: Revelation 22: 1-5

28/03/2022 | Reform

Lucy Brierley explores Revelation’s vision of the world to come

We were recently on a car journey when Toby, our six-year-old, quite out of the blue, remarked: ‘I really hope God makes the new earth tomorrow.’ My husband and I … Read More

Chapter & verse: Luke 4:1-13

25/02/2022 | Reform

George Mwaura gets to grips with temptation

During the season of Lent, churches often focus on three things: the temptation, how to resist, it and repentance. In the Gospels of Mark and Matthew, the temptations come quickly after Jesus’ baptism … Read More

Chapter & verse: Luke 6.27-38

28/01/2022 | Reform

Samantha Sheehan faces the challenge of loving your enemy

‘Love, love, love‘There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done…‘It’s easy‘All you need is love.’

So sang the Beatles in 1967, seeming to suggest that nothing is impossible when done … Read More

Chapter & verse: Mark 5: 1-20

29/11/2021 | Reform

Stuart Radcliffe on demons

Are you allowed to have a favourite passage of Scripture? I’m not sure, but if you are, then this would be one of mine!

It’s a great story. It has a bit of everything in it … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Jonah 3:1-5, 10

02/11/2021 | Reform

Meg Warner explores Jonah’s bumbling prophecy

On the surface, this story is a simple one. A reluctant prophet is prodded back on track by Yahweh. He prophesies to the city of Nineveh as Yahweh has asked and is spectacularly successful … Read More

Chapter & verse: Matthew 16:13-20

24/09/2021 | Reform

Emmanuel Frimpong hears Jesus’s call

Who is Jesus Christ? For some people, Jesus Christ was just a human being, the son of a carpenter and a woman who was not a virgin. For such people, it is unthinkable for Jesus … Read More