ADI – love and rehabilitation

ADI – love and rehabilitation

We introduced ADI in previous editions of Christian Comment. It is good to have positive stories emerging from Israel when so much of the World’s media focuses on negative stereotypes. This third article focuses on some more areas of ADI’s very specialized and...
WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?

WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?

Peter Sammons considers. NO AGREEMENT There is no overall agreement as to when precisely our Lord Jesus was born. Historians generally concur that Herod the Great died in 4BC, so plainly Jesus was born before this date. And since the Wise Men sought a child (Herod...
THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT OF THE NATIVITY

THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT OF THE NATIVITY

In this article we present a time-sequenced assessment of the birth narratives as revealed across Matthew, Luke and John. Each witness gives us differing aspects – it is helpful to “stitch them together”. The material here is taken from the New International Version...
Kind Killers …..

Kind Killers …..

The “industry” for kind killers has taken off in recent years. Why? How does this speak to us in terms of God’s purposes? Roger Dunsdon investigates ….. Kind Killer as a philosophy There are three types of “kind killer”. People who want to ‘kindly kill’ babies before...
SLAVERY REPARATIONS

SLAVERY REPARATIONS

Caribbean nations seek reparations for the evils of transatlantic slavery. What might be the specifically Christian understanding? Roger Dunsdon considers. Past evils, present implications There can be little doubt that the transatlantic slave trade and its aftermath...