Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?  Much, in every way. For in the first place the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.  What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?  By no means! Although everyone is a liar, let God be …

Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 23 July 2023  Today’s service is led by the Revd Lance Stone  Call to Worship  Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence?If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. If I take …

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relation to God  and know his will and determine what is best because you are instructed in the law,  and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in …

All who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.  For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but the doers of the law who will be justified.  When …

The preacher at our Service on Sunday at 11:00 will be the Revd Clive Gardner, Team Vicar of St Mark’s Anglican Church in Wimbledon.  We look forward to welcoming Clive, our near neighbour, back to Trinity.  The theme of his sermon will be how God is present in the messiness of our family lives. The …

Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgement on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.  You say, ‘We know that God’s judgement on those who do such things is in accordance with truth.’  Do you imagine, whoever you are, …

  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of those who by their wickedness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine nature, …

For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, ‘The one who is righteous will live by …

Worship Matters  Dear Friends, the Church often wonders about its mission.  For years we’ve said the Church doesn’t have a mission but is God’s mission in the world – and then we struggle to articulate what that might mean for our life together!  Many churches try and discern their work using the Five Marks of …

Romans Dear <<First Name>> I hope you found the reflections we’ve read over the last week from ministers who’ve come to work with the URC from other countries stimulating.  We now turn to the letter to the Romans – written by another stranger in a strange land – which has been a key text for Christians …