REV STEPHEN GAMBLE

Isaiah 55 6Seek the Lord while he may be found,call upon him while he is near;7let the wicked forsake their way,and the unrighteous their...

Deuteronomy 6: 1 - 9 These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you...

Acts 9 9 Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked him...

I quite enjoy grave stones, and memorials on church walls. The inscription tells you something of the person memorialised, and the manner...

Acts 10: 36 - 43 You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is...

I have recently been reading 'The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living, and Holy Dying', by Rev'd Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667). Rev'd Taylor...

1 Timothy 6 12 – 16 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good...

Psalm 103 1 Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all...

A key job of a Parish Priest is to pray for the people of the parishes, either in public services, or when in prayer alone. People often...

Verses from Psalm 104 The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent 3 and lays the beams of...

“For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though...

1 Corinthians 13 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal....

Are you against 'organised religion?' A lot of people are these days. The thought is that you can be spiritual, but best not to be...

1 Samuel 8, 1 – 22a When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders. 2 The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of...

Article for the January Parish Magazines. Isaac Barrow (1630 – 1677) was both a theologian and mathematician, he significantly developed...

The weekend after the Chancellor's 'Fiscal Event', or 'mini budget', the Sunday Lectionary Gospel reading was the Rich man and Lazarus....

John 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him...

The Most Reverend and the Most Irreverent. Or What I saw in Church. Words, picture, and reading by Stephen Gamble (You may go now)