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Paul often uses the metaphor of darkness and light to distinguish the two worlds. his conversion, “I am sending you to them (Jews and Gentiles) to open their eyes and turn them from darkness (Acts 26:17-18); “you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light...Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose

the power of creation in the life-giving speech of God that, when it is uttered, makes light out of darkness Knowing all the uncertainty and shame that she might face, Mary responded to the message of Christmas

Mary, Joseph, and their new-born son have to flee, only returning once Herod has died; as God again calls his mother can be interpreted collectively as Israel, from whom the Messiah emerges, a reference to Mary

spiritual warfare in Ephesians 6:10-20, that we are not only opposed by human beings but, ultimately by dark against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark It is these dark powers (powers and principalities, demons, and evil spirits) that dominate natural structures So, Paul in Colossians stresses that conversion means that God has transferred us from the powers of darkness to Christ’s dominion: 'For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom

First, as encouragement that, however dark things may look for Christianity in Britain at the moment,

kingdom; A country in which those who were honoured and admired would be those whose lives were most marked

Where there is light it dispels darkness. He has “called us out of darkness into his wonderful light” (1 Peter 2:9). If they hide the light of their new relationship with God, the darkness returns.

Cooper adopts Mary Kassian’s definition of complementarianism as the belief that ‘God designs male and That definition from Mary Kassian could have been unpacked in relation to Ephesians 5 – why is it beautiful

The Evangelical flame may not go out, but it may become so diffuse as to cast little light into the darkness

Elizabeth the first’s reign and lived through the reigns of James 1 & 2, Charles 1 & 2 and William & Mary our gracious Lord well into old age. ____________ Revd Daniel Kirk is the vicar of St Michael's Gidea Park

A small child walking through a dark wood is not reassured by being informed that wolf attacks are very sinner saved by grace, married with three secondary age children and a member of Dundonald Church Raynes Park

Candles in the Dark: Faith, Hope and Love in a Time of Pandemic by Rowan Williams A collection of 26