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Lectionary Reflections for Sunday 3rd May 2020

4th Sunday of Easter – Year A                                                                                              3.5.20 Lectionary Readings Acts 2 v42-47              Life among the Lord’s followers. 1 Peter 2 v19-25          The example of Christ’s suffering. John 10 v1-10             Story of the sheep and the Shepherd. Reflection                   Whose ‘voice’ do you trust? In the passage from Acts we are told ‘that they spent…

A Passion for truth – Book Review

A passion for truth : the intellectual coherence of evangelicalism by Alister McGrath. Apollos, 1996  256 pages  £14.99   ISBN 0 851 114 477 In 5 sections of closely argued and convincing detail, Alister McGrath demonstrates that evangelicalism enjoys intellectual coherence, (ie within its own terms it is reasonable) as well as academic credibility, that is,…

Some of Winston Churchill’s paraprosdokians

Shared with us by Graham Thompson from Trinity Methodist. Winston Churchill loved paraprosdokians – Figures of speech in which the end of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected. 1. Where there’s a will, I want to be in it.2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it’s still on…

Thoughts on Holy Week

Some food for thought from Prof David Welbourn As we find ourselves in Holy Week, leading up to events in the Christian Life with which we are familiar, but in circumstances which are anything other than familiar, I wanted to share a thought, which is particularly pertinent to us all at this time. We run…