12th November 2024
I remember falling backwards over a large cement stone or block in my garden. The pain kept me glued to the ground, and my cries for help did not result in my rescue. I finally managed to get...
10th November 2024
When I was 18 years old, I met someone who would change my life for the better. Here’s the catch: we couldn’t have been more different as people. John was a white man from Great Britain; I was a...
9th November 2024
We live in a world that is a strange mix of life and death. Both are all around us. Every night when we go to sleep, we experience a kind of death. When we’re asleep, we aren’t in control...
8th November 2024
Many years ago, I tried my hand at songwriting. It was a song about Jesus, with the title, Teleo, a Greek word which means ‘finished’, so named not because it marked the end of my career as a...
6th November 2024
The Bible begins with the book of Genesis affirming that God created the world and that it was very good. Continually throughout the Bible God reaffirms his positive attitude towards his creation. Yet...
5th November 2024
My daughter and I love to take the flashlight tour of the Baldwin Hotel Museum this time of year. We like to hear the history. Some of the people come to be spooked by the ghosts that may be...
3rd November 2024
Have you ever had a conversation in which the primary communication was not the words spoken? Maybe an exchange with an old friend where you say very little to express your relationship? Maybe a...
2nd November 2024
Every year, I buy an amaryllis bulb, put it in the planting mix, give it some water and set it in a window. Then I marvel at how a bud emerges from the bulb, growing taller and larger until it finally...
1st November 2024
‘Jesus’ blood never fails me’ are the words in a contemporary Christian song1 but what does the blood of Jesus mean? To talk of the blood of Jesus can seem more appropriate to the script...
31st October 2024
If you are a captured soldier, in a closely guarded prison, unless you are able to escape, you are, to all intents and purposes, out of the fight. But if you are a Christian soldier, regardless of...
29th October 2024
Do you have a hard time listening? I set my mind to be still and to listen to the voice of God. I tell God that I have come to listen to him, and I try to think of nothing else but God speaking. I...
27th October 2024
Have you ever been caught in a hurricane or a tornado? It can be a harrowing experience. If you are lucky, the only experience you’ve had with these monsters is footage from the news. But these...
26th October 2024
My last study may have left you feeling discouraged about the state of our hearts – dark, corrupt and deceitful above all things – or wondering about my reasoning in bringing up something we...
25th October 2024
‘It’s a perfect day!’ the bride and groom beamed. It was their wedding day; the sun shone, everyone was dressed in their best, and having a wonderful time. Food, wine, song and dance flowed in...
23rd October 2024
Professor Peter Tse is an atheist, psychologist, and neuroscientist; his profession is to explore the inner universe of the mind and brain. In a discussion with the Christian professor John Lennox,...
22nd October 2024
In our attempt to love and accept all people, to be open to the way they do things and to accept their beliefs, we have become too lax in the things we believe. These words have been attributed...
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