Garry spoke about penitence in prayer this morning, looking at Psalm 51. Though we are continually striving not to sin, we have to know that when we do sin, God forgives us and cleanses us (1 John 1:9) We live in a fallen world where we are are engaged in an ongoing...

Isaiah's prophecy in Isaiah 61 looks ahead to the coming of the Messiah whose purpose is 'to bind up the brokenhearted,to proclaim freedom for the captivesand release from darkness for the prisoners,to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favourand the day of vengeance of...

This week I have been puzzling over questions whose answers are not as clear-cut as I would like them to be. I feel desensitised in many respects when I watch the news or read what is happening in the world. The horrors reported from Israel, from Iraq, from other...