“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand” (NIV, Romans 5:1-2). ‘Justification’ is a big theology word for a simple concept: making somebody ‘right’ or ‘righteous’ in the eyes of God. Christians believe that...

Storm Debi has done her worst and has moved on but the UK Met Office already has a name for the next official storm: Elin. Storms are named to help communicate the risks of severe weather, i.e. when they’re deemed to have the potential to cause ‘medium’ or ‘high’ impact. In the New Testament of the Bible there are at...

This Sunday is a day set aside by the UK as one of remembrance. Remembrance of all those who have sacrificed life (and quality of life) in service of their country so that others can enjoy the freedoms that we so often now take for granted.  Many, many soldiers and civilians have lost their lives in war and it is...

Today is November 5th, a day when, traditionally in the UK, bonfires and fireworks will be lit in memory and acknowledgment of Guy Fawkes’ failed plot. Guido (Guy) Fawkes was born in York in April 1570. On the 5th November 1605, he planned (along with other conspirators) to use a large amount of gunpowder to ‘blow up’ the British Parliament...