“When a team of Christians visited Stavropol, Russia, in 1994 to hand out Bibles, a local citizen said he recalled seeing Bibles in an old warehouse. They had been confiscated in the 1930s when Stalin was sending believers to the gulags. Amazingly, the Bibles were still there. Among those who had showed up to load…

“The book “In His Steps” may have earned less money for its author than any other bestseller in history. Charles M. Sheldon wrote it in 1896, and it was first published by a religious weekly magazine. The magazine’s publisher failed to meet copyright regulations, so Sheldon lost legal ownership of the book. Scores of publishers…

The Thought for the Day is from Psalm 66 v 10. “For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver.” A talented violinist was scheduled to play before a very critical audience. Although she had a fine instrument, she was not satisfied with the quality of its sound. So, she said to her father,…

The Thought for the Day is from Luke 18 v 13.“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ Charles Haddon Spurgeon used to tell the story of a duke who boarded a galley ship and…

Thought for the Day is from 1 John 1 v9.If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. Hijackers terrorised the passengers aboard an Indian Airlines jet for 8 days. Then, on December 31, 1999, the gunmen issued a final demand before releasing…

The Thought for the Day is from Genesis 46 v 1-7 and 28-30. Jacob makes his long journey to relocate to Egypt. This got me thinking about my own journey from N. Ireland to Felixstowe.  On Thursday, the 8th October 5 years ago Drew and I left Portrush. When we were setting off I remember…

One of my Christmas presents was the new Abba CD called “Voyage.” I think the music on it is really beautiful and the words to some of the songs are very inspiring. The title of the 8th track is “Bumblebee” and at our Fellowship Meeting we used this as the theme for our chat. We…

Over the last couple of days I’ve been trying to lighten my laptop’s load by binning old emails from years ago. It’s really interesting what I’ve found and what I had completely forgotten about. There wasn’t a lot of binning done as I just had to read everything again and remember why I had kept…

Isaiah 8 v 13.The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread. On June 6, 1944, five thousand ships departed England for the Normandy coast and the greatest invasion of World War 11. From this military event comes…

The Thought for the Day is from Romans 11 v 33.I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry While learning to use a new computer, a lady was troubled by a faint clicking sound that indicated it was working even though nothing was…