One of our best known and highly respected TV journalists died of cancer a few days ago. In response to a question about mortality he said, “I believe very strongly in the classical God and Jesus Christ. I went to a Anglican boarding school who came very close to driving any concern or respect for religion out …
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There’s No Other Road to Happiness and Fulfillment
I was in the company of two unhappy, unfulfilled women recently, one in her late sixties and the other in her early twenties. The older woman hates the Jews, the younger one dishonors her mother. As a result, both women are giving witness to the truth declared in the Bible that they are under a curse. I will bless those who bless you and I …
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So, What Price Freedom of Speech?
In reference to Hurricane Sandy and the devastation it did to the Northeastern region of the USA, I noted the comments of Christian writer and TV presenter, Hal Lindsey, “Perhaps the most critical and immediate effect of the storm is the loss of electrical power,” and it, “serves as a warning about for which we are unprepared.” As he spoke, …
His Total Love for the Total Man
A lady informed me recently that she had been visiting with an old couple and being friends for many years, the 88 year-old man asked her to write his obituary. Both people are professional horse trainers, but she is also a Christian, a popular writer and author. She attends church with the old man’s wife and had always …
It’s s though They’re Doing it behind God’s Back
Lately I’ve been giving some thought to the theologies of two Christian people who, to me seem to represent the reason why Christianity is increasingly unattractive to people. One is strongly doctrine-based and the other is strongly works-based. It is as though the first person is saying, “If you don’t believe this…….then maybe you need …
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You’ve opened my eyes today
Leila was a Ukrainian lady in her early seventies who used to love coming to our church services on a Sunday morning after attending mass at her Ukrainian Catholic church, which was just a few hundred meters up the street. She was proud of the fact that she attended two services and participated in, “two holy communions today.” Doing such, gave her the …
How can you speak for God?!
My first meeting with Bill, standing at his door lasted half an hour. He told me he saw the world as being in such a mess that there was no hope for it. At the time, the first Gulf war was on and economically things were rather bleak for a lot of people, including Bill who was …