Tag: faith

Follow Christ’s example and suffer for your faith

THE Prayer Book Epistle reading for today, the second Sunday after Easter, is a strong encouragement to Christians suffering for their faith. The passage is from the Apostle Peter’s first New Testament letter, written from Rome during the reign of the Emperor Nero (AD 54-68). It was probably written shortly before the state-sponsored persecution of Christians […]

It’s over – prepare for a future without faith

TOO many Christians in the UK are living with an illusion. Let me tell you plainly: it’s over. The days of being a Christian country have gone, and they are not coming back any time soon. It is imperative that we grasp this. Instead of pretending we are living in a pale imitation of the […]

When we put our faith in Jesus, he saves us for eternity

JESUS’S treatment of suffering people in the Prayer Book Gospel reading for today, the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, reveals his divine compassion and his power to save. The passage from Matthew’s Gospel, chapter eight, records Jesus healing a leper and the suffering servant of a Roman centurion. This Gentile commander in the Roman army […]

The full-fat version of faith

THE Prayer Book Epistle reading for today, the Fourth Sunday in Advent, is a beautiful exhortation to faithful Christian prayer.   It comes from the Apostle Paul’s New Testament letter to the Christian church in 1st century Philippi: ‘Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known to all men. The […]