Chapter and Verse: Genesis 45:4-5; 50:20-21

29/01/2024 | Reform

Joseph is a model of public leadership, says Andy Lie

We enter each new year living with the tension of hope for peace and stability in a troubled world, and the need to put our trust in God when it … Read More

A good question: Did Jesus cast out real demons?

29/01/2024 | Reform

One question, four answers

Rebecca Dean‘Demons resist simple definitions’

The Synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke, all portray Jesus as a healer and miracle worker who is able to cast out unclean or evil spirits and demons. These entities were … Read More

Jesus and… Young people

29/01/2024 | Reform

Sam Richards explores what we have to learn from Jesus about young people

The Gospels have very few mentions of young people. Because ‘youth’ was not yet invented as a social category. Because adolescence was seen as a normal part … Read More

Truth, lies and the thinking Christian

29/01/2024 | Reform 1

Believers need to fight for truth and use their brains, argues Graham Handscomb

Truth-telling is a commodity that is in very short supply nowadays. Everywhere, it seems, people make claims that have little basis in reality. It has become OK … Read More

Something new at Number 84

29/01/2024 | Reform

An experimental community is taking shape in Redcar, Sue Walker writes

A few years ago, the United Reformed Church’s Northern Synod spent some time mulling over the idea that there’s more than one way of being and doing church. The … Read More

COP28: The end of the Fossil Fuels Era?

29/01/2024 | Reform

The COP28 summit on global warming reached what has been called a historic agreement. Does it signal the end of fossil fuels or is it just more empty rhetoric? asks Hannah Eves

After a tense final two days, on the … Read More