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In my lifetime (I am now 65) I have witnessed the transformation of my country, the UK, from being a Christian country, a country in which the laws of God and the example of Christ were respected, even if not always followed, to one in which every law of God …

The L-word is either overused or avoided completely.  A child might say ‘I love jelly’, but an adult may be unable to say ‘I love you’ to the person they married. Love is most clearly seen in the price someone pays in order to love others.  Jesus said: ‘Greater love …

The modern Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was recognised as an independent nation on 25 May 1946, making it, as the time of writing this, 74 years of age.  As often happens to the men of that age, problems start to multiply and the end of the road comes into view. …

Pick up a Bible, Old and New Testament, read it through (it is only about 1200 pages, the length of 4 good novels) and then consider what the Bible is claiming.  Write a shortlist of just some of the extraordinary perception-shifting claims the Bible makes.  Your list might read something …

At the end of this age, the Bible states, God will reign in His kingdom on this earth: “We give thanks to You, the Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign. The nations were angry, …

On November 23rd, 1998 Bill Wiese experienced something so horrifying it would continue to captivate the world for over a decade. Bill shares his terrifying experience as described in his book, “23 Minutes in Hell.” Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYxKRoONrfY ShareFacebookTwitteremail

“We are afraid that anything we do is colonial. There’s plenty of countries willing to step into that global governance gap: China, Iran, Russia, Turkey”. — Bruce Gilley, The Times, May 10, 2018. British post-colonial guilt is, however, having repercussions far larger than statues. There is, for instance, still total silence about …

One of the glories of humanity is that we are all different.  We have different gifts and different strengths.  Different personalities – different likes and dislikes.  And there’s a positive rainbow of skin tones and bodily types.  Yet all alike are made in the image of God, and all are to be equally valued …

The Situation For a couple of months now churches around the world have refrained from meeting in order to safeguard their communities and themselves from the dangers of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Although there are many things that are not yet knowledge for sure about this virus, we do have some …

Egypt’s leading Muslim cleric and sheikh, Dr. Ahmed al-Tayeb—also known as Pope Francis’s “wolf in sheep’s clothing”—recently asserted a demonstrable falsehood.  On April 30, 2020, during his televised program that appears every year around Ramadan and is watched by millions in Egypt and the Arab world, the Grand Imam of the …