Posts by Raymond Wilson (Page 12)

Replacing God

It was CS Lewis who wrote in Mere Christianity “Nearly all that we call human history… [is] the long, terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” God himself opened Pandora’s box when he gave to every human being the freedom either to believe in him or…

David by Duff Cooper

David  by Duff Cooper    Cape, 1943  224 pages  out of print but available secondhand It’s always a pleasure to read a book on a subject written with such good English with which the author shows such mastery. David is here the hero of the Jewish faith. Duff Cooper was an aristocrat (1st Viscount Norwich)…

Justice lifts the nations

We are accustomed to hearing preachers talk of the love of God.  We do need to hear that reassurance, of course, but when do we hear of the other characteristics of God’s nature – his sovereignty, his patience, his grace, his holiness, his perfection, his goodness, his omnipresence or his justice, for example ? (there…

Beyond coincidence – DVD

Beyond coincidence   dvd, Koinonia House, 2010  120 minutes  US$19.99 Video and audio downloads available Dr Chuck Missler introduces an in-depth study of what has become known as ‘the Anthropic Principle’. This principle was so named by Paul Dirac in 1937 and by Robert Dicke in 1961. Ir describes the appearance of the universe as having…

Body, Mind, Spirit

When you hear the words ‘investing’ or ‘capital’ your mind almost inevitably turns to thoughts of money and savings.  Finance, whether personal, community or national, features constantly in the news. We are accustomed to associating ‘investing’ and ‘capital’ with money. It’s quite normal. In financial terms, you can invest more money thus increasing the capital…

KJB : the book that changed the world

KJB : the book that changed the world  dvd, 2010  94 minutes £5.99 Presented by John Rhys-Davies and scripted by Murray Watts, this film tells the amazing tale of events leading up to the birth of the King James Bible.  Looking back 6 or 7 centuries with the help of some dramatised episodes, the presenter…

God, Stephen Hawking and the multiverse

God, Stephen Hawking and the multiverse : what Hawking said and why it matters  by David Hutchings and David Wilkinson  SPCK, 2020  210 pages  £9.99    ISBN 978 0 281 081 912also available as an ebook There are so many plaudits from scientists that there must be something very special about this book. Indeed there is, for…