God’s Big Picture : a Bible overview by Vaughan Roberts Book IVP, 2009 £8.99 170 pages ISBN 978 1 844 743 704 dvd IVP, 2017 £9.99 9 781 783 596 140 The book and dvd both trace the storyline of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation and they can each be used quite independently with…
Thought for the day – Friday 22nd May 2020 Psalm 136O, give thanks to the Lord, for He is goodFor His steadfast love endures for ever Endurance is not easy, not by any means. Consider the story of Shun Fujimoto the Japanese gymnast. He puts the Olympic Games in an altogether worthy perspective. Now retired,…
Thought for the day – Wednesday 20th May 2020 Matthew 24 13: But those enduring to the end shall be saved Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my father,There is no shadow of turning with thee;Thou changest not, thy compassions they fail not;As thou hast been thou for ever wilt be. This well known and…
Knox DVD Trinity Digital, 2015 77 minutes £12 John Knox was a reformer and a revolutionary. Born circa 1514 he lived for nearly 60 years and was very much a child of his time – the time of Luther and the Protestant Reformation. This film looks at the life and legacy of this man who…
Does life have any meaning ? By John Blanchard EP Books, 2018 81 pages £4.99 ISBN 978 1 783 972 272 The introduction to this short book begins with a story – a policeman was patrolling one of London’s bridges over the River Thames when he saw a man climbing on to the railings. Pulling…
Life in the wild : fighting for faith in a fallen world by Dan DeWitt The Goodbook Company, 2018 127 pages £8 ISBN 978 1 784 981 693 also available in Braille and Large Print Dan DeWitt starts this book with an introduction entitled ‘The Human Tragedy’ and ends it with an afterword ‘Death’s Obituary’.…
Thought for the day – Monday 20th April 2020 Hymns & Psalms 740 My God, I know, I feel thee mine verse 7Refining fire, go through my heartIlluminate my soul;Scatter thy life through every partAnd sanctify the whole. It is a pity to miss out some reflection on verses 5 and 6 of this hymn…
Thought for the day – Sunday 19th April 2020 Hymns & Psalms 740 My God, I know, I feel thee mine verse 4Jesus, thine all-victorious loveShed in my heart abroad,Then shall my feet no longer rove,Rooted and fixed in God. The Bible (it had to be the Authorized Version in Wesley’s time, remember) really filled…
Thought for the day – Saturday 18th April 2020 Hymns & Psalms 740 My God, I know, I feel thee mine verse 3When shall I see the welcome hourThat plants my God in meSpirit of health and life and powerAnd perfect liberty ? You will already have noticed that this is a great hymn about…
Thought of the day – Friday 17th April 2020 Hymns & Psalms 740 My God, I know, I feel thee mine verse 2I hold thee with a trembling handBut will not let thee go,Till steadfastly by faith I standAnd all thy goodness know. The initial reaction to the words of verse 2 might well be…