In classical music, 'theme and variations' is a common musical structure, where a composer introduces a melody (often quite a short, simple tune) and then varies it slightly in different ways, often embellishing the original tune to make it more interesting. A famous...

One of the encouraging things about God’s preparation is that we can trace it back hundreds of years before Jesus was actually born! At Christmas time, we often read the prophecies in the Old Testament which speak about Jesus, long before He actually arrived. In...

The reason we need this period of Advent is so that we understand the enormity of Christmas and can reflect on why God had to send His Son, Jesus, to be the Saviour of the world. Hope can only fully be understood in the context of what it means to have no hope. Right...