Easter is about Jesus: the Jesus who announced God's saving, sovereign kingdom.

When you're writing theology, you have to say everything all the time, otherwise people think you've deliberately missed something out.

The call of the gospel is for the church to implement the victory of God in the world through suffering love.

If you read 1 John you'll see that love of God and neighbour are very closely tied together. Partly this is because all humans are made in God's image, so that when you love another human you are loving someone who is reflecting God himself. Of course there is a distinction but the minute you try to drive a wedge between the two things start to fall apart.

If you have never felt or known the sheer power and strength of God's love, take another look at Jesus dying on the cross.

Having lots of members of my family who were in ministry in one form or another, I suppose it shouldn't be surprising that at quite an early age, I was very, very conscious personally of the love of God.

Hope comes as a surprise, at several levels at once.