What does God want? Peter Sammons reflects. Mankind and his religions Mankind loves a good religion! A religion tends to ‘cushion’ any relationship with the divine and allow mankind to hide (so he thinks) behind rules, regulations, reproach – and even rage. The key...

Mankind thinks he's got an answer ..... Sorting ourselves out As Mankind seeks to secure His own future and destiny, in the absolute absence, and ignoring of, his Creator God (see Vox article below) do we see another aspect of Luke chapter 21 being fulfilled?...

Is the C of E transitioning to a post-Christian model? The following is adapted from a recent news story from Christian Concern: Integral to vision The Archbishop of Canterbury rejected calls to scrap the Church of England's transgender-affirming guidance in schools....

This report is 're-tweeted' from OIDAC Europe January 23 OIDAC mission - "To contribute to a Europe where Christians may fully exercise their fundamental rights to freedom of religion, conscience, expression, and association, without fear of reprisals, censorship,...

Peter Sammons ponders ……   Numeric puzzle I am convinced that nothing happens in Scripture in a haphazard, unplanned or un-sequenced manner. God is simply not like that. He knows the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:10). When God acts, or He instructs, there can...

Strangers living in a foreign country (1 Peter 2: 11) It's a danger noted in the diplomatic service that diplomats who serve too long in a foreign country can 'go native'. They over-identify with their foreign host - and so under-identify with their own...

So how mad can our world get? https://www.christian.org.uk/news/able-bodied-norwegian-man-identifies-as-disabled-woman/?e251122 Perhaps I should say, how mad can our Western world get? Is this why so many migrants are making for Europe? Someone will need to care for...

Of course Christians cannot 'join in' the world's cultural wars. We are citizens living in foreign land. We are ambassadors (2 Corinthians 5:20) and priests (1 Peter 2: 9). Yet this secular piece is prescient. It reminds us, if of nothing else, that social media...

Regressive What is it about the number 100 that get's the 'progressives' (or should that be 'regressives'?) so excited? Is it just that it is a nice round number, and so easy to identify with? The BBC for children (CBBC) told kiddies a few years back that there are...

This is a secular article and we cannot vouch for its accuracy. However in terms of the Russian invasion and what this means to ordinary Russians, as well as in this specific case those who contribute to the cultural life of the nation (as Jews so often do) we see...

A Muslim questioner receives a helpful answer. Video. Nabeel Qureshi provides a really helpful answer to a Muslim asking a specific question about the nature of Jesus, Messiah - and the doctrine that we call 'the Trinity'. Seven minutes - well worth hearing:...

Tim Hall considers ..... involvement Apprentice My first career was in furniture – as part of a degree course I had to serve as an apprentice in a furniture factory for a year. Every few months I would be sent to a different department – the foreman would show me...

Daniel Holland considers the joy of knowing Holy Spirit – personally  He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. (John 20 v22b) CELEBRATING THE MINISTRY Holy Spirit is the precious third Person of the Trinity, not a lesser name to be mumbled quickly after...

Tim Hall considers ..... priorities ‘Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.’ Matthew 9:35 Hurry? What have you been doing! Don’t waste time! Find...

The good news is that the good news IS good news! It must be notable that the Lord Jesus did not say that the good news is that you can be forgiven of your sins, or avoid Hell, or even that you can ‘go to heaven’ when you die. No, He taught simply that the good news...