The Event that Changed the Universe – Jesus´ Final Instructions to His Disciples before His Arrest
Avoiding the religious leaders who were looking to find a way to arrest Him, Jesus arranges to meet with His disciples to speak with them his final words. John records much of the conversation that night. It is worth reading at a sitting. ‘It was just before the Passover Festival. …
The Event that Changed the Universe – The End of the World as We Know It
The next day the disciples have conversations with Jesus about the glories of the temple, and Jesus predicts that the temple will be destroyed, not one stoning standing on another. Not realising that Jesus is predicting the Roman destruction of the temple that happened in 70 AD some forty years …
The Event that Changed the Universe – Who gave you this authority?
During these days, it was recorded that Jesus would go up to the temple, teach the crowds and heal the sick – and they were cured, instantly. The atmosphere was exhilarating, even the children would sing out, ‘Hosanna to the son of David’. Hosanna is not a word that is …
The event that changed the universe – Jesus explains what He is about to Do
Yesterday, Jesus rode into Jerusalem as a humble king, riding on a donkey. The crowds had great expectations of their saviour king, but it had not occurred to them what his plan was. In this series I highlight just a few of the events of that week. The next day, …
The Event that Changed the Universe – Jesus Rides into Jerusalem
In relation to belief in God, the late Christopher Hitchens wrote: “What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence”, an aphorism that has become known as ‘Hitchens’ razor’. His point was that since assertions about God are unsupported by evidence, then those assertions can, and should, be …
How the world works, and how it could in the future
In the 29 March 2019 issue of the London Financial Times, an article on page 6 caught my eye. “OIL DEPENDENCY. US shale bonanza boosts support for Israel, says official”, ran the headline. “The US shale boom has made it possible for the Trump administration to take stronger positions in …
More Education needed at the UK’s Home Office
The Home Office is facing yet more questions about its attitude towards Christian asylum seekers amid claims it rejected another Iranian man’s application to move to Britain by telling him, ‘your belief in Jesus is half-hearted’. An Iranian Asylum seeker who had converted from Islam to Christianity had his application …
Educating Her Majesty’s Government
Recently an Iranian Muslim who had converted to Christianity was actually denied asylum in the UK because, according to the Home Office, his premise was wrong. The asylum seeker claimed that he had converted to Christianity because it is a religion of peace, whereas Islam is not. As he put …
New Zealand denies that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are divine?
A week after 50 Muslims were murdered in mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand came together on Friday to observe the Muslim call to prayer, which was sounded around the country — including on national radio and television — before ceremonies were attended by tens of thousands of people who paid …
Islamophobia – A Very Problematic Definition
The UK All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims published its report, ‘Report on the inquiry into a working definition of Islamophobia / anti-Muslim hatred’ [1], in which it defined and attempted to explain and justify its definition of Islamophobia. Their definition is: “Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a …
