Read 1 Peter 1:1-2 . One of the great themes of the Bible, from start to finish, is that God desires a people. The Old Testament tells...

The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus are of “first importance”, says Paul (1 Cor.15:3-4), and from there he goes on to explain how...

We often speak of someone being ‘dead and buried’ and the Creed’s description of Good Friday concludes with mention of Jesus’s burial....

We call the day Good Friday and more is said in this Creed about the events of that day than about anything else. It was Jesus’s day of...

Both Matthew and Luke make clear that Jesus’s birth came about in a miraculous way. Before Mary and Joseph had any sexual union, “she was...

“Jesus is Lord” is the essential summary of Christian faith about him. That’s how the first Christian sermon concluded (Acts 2:36) and...

All the Gospels tell us that Jesus is the Son of God. In fact Mark’s opening words are “The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ,...

The Creed moves on to a new section, with the focus now on Jesus Christ. It’s the person of Jesus who is at the centre of Christianity,...

From its first verse the Bible declares that God is the creator of the entire universe (Gen.1:1) and his work of creation is then often...

In the Old Testament, God is many times referred to as the Almighty (e.g. Gen.17:1; Psalm 91:1; Isaiah 44:6). The final book of the...