The world can seem to be a dark place. What right have we, then, to celebrate Christmas and the coming of the Light? In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was
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At our multilingual Lessons and Carols service, I spoke about the universal application of truth: how the life and work of Jesus was for all people and not only those who call themselves Christians, and for every moment of our lives. I
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Over the past two centuries the spiritual and religious contact of East and West has broadened and intensified. Some of the landmark developments in this process were the establishment of the Royal Asiatic Society and the burgeoning of Orientalism as a field
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THE LITERAL FALL has been one of the cornerstone doctrines of the Christian church for centuries. What’s remarkable about Swedenborg’s commentary upon the Bible is not so much the idea that the early stories are clearly symbolic, but that the historical stories
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As a boy, I remember enjoying counting my pocket money. Of course, now, in my 50’s, I still count my “pocket money”. We forget it in our 20’s and 30’s, when we feel young, free, and indestructible, but then as you begin
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Who doesn’t want to be powerful? Not necessarily holding positions of power, but in the sense of being heard, certainly in terms of having your opinions respected and honoured as valuable. Recorded on Sunday 24 October 2021. Also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0DUCxzVZNaI
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Things you can get wrong reading the Bible – Pluck out the eye Reading Mark chapter 9, verses 33 to 50, and Leviticus chapter 21 Video also available at: https://youtu.be/9iRi161gZmQ Recorded on Sunday 17th October 2021
Things you can get wrong reading the Bible: Life after death Recorded on Sunday 3 October 2021. Looking at the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, Luke 16:19-31. Heaven and Hell, paragraph 311 refers to the erroneous belief that there are
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Do you know what to do in a fire? Should you open the door to escape? How do you know? There are many kinds of doors. Doors let some things through, and some keep some things out. “Some people use walking through
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