So, there we are. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent and it was during Lent last year that the full enormity of the COVID-19 crisis became recognisable. Countries went into lock-down; people reacted in their own ways to restrictions. Initially there was panic buying in the UK as folk stocked up on the most…
Has science buried God ? Fixed Point Foundation, 2009 dvd £4 81 mins. Available on You Tube The debate on this topic between Professor Richard Dawkins and Professor John Lennox took place in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. The choice of venue was quite deliberate as it was here in 1860, a year…
First Sunday in Lent Year B 21st February 2021 Lectionary readings: Genesis 9 v8-17; Psalm 25 v1-10; 1 Peter 3 v18-22; Mark 1 v9-15. Being ‘saved’ really is ‘good news’. One way of linking together this week’s readings is to explore the theme of being ‘saved’. In the story of Noah and the ark, God…
When we visited the Holy Land a few years ago we had a Muslim guide and his knowledge of the Holy Land and the Bible (Old and New Testament) was wonderful. However, he never referred to OLIVE Trees in that way it was always OLIVER Trees. That provided us all with a chuckle but also,…
Maybe you don’t need me to remind you that today is St Valentine’s Day and as a grumpy old man, I look at these occasions as yet another marketing ploy for companies to re-brand their ordinary product, inflate the price and fleece well meaning members of the public. My wife tells me that I haven’t…
John 1: 1 “In the beginning was The Word…..” Have you ever really thought about how powerful words can be? It’s hard to believe the pen really is mightier than the sword when we see all the pictures and reports of violence which stream across our television and computer screens; yet eventually there has to…
The very well-known hymn ‘Abide with me’ says change and decay in all around I see, O thou who changest not, abide with me. There is a pattern associated with change which is summarised by the ‘Kubler-Ross change curve’. Several stages are involved from (initial) shock and denial through anger or frustration, bargaining and depression…
by Dwight Pryor CFI Communications 3 cds £12 2 1/2 hours Dr Dwight Pryor is a Messianic Jew, that is, he recognises and accepts Jesus Christ as the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament, the Son of God and Saviour. Dr Pryor is a very experienced Bible teacher. In these cds he explores…
When I lived in Brunei we celebrated Christmas, end of Ramadan (Eid) and Chinese New Year as well as the Queen’s Birthday and the Sultan’s Birthday – a nice lot of holidays. The Chinese New Year’s Day is actually longer than a day, and this year it is 12-14th February. Each year is called a…
Psalm 119: 97-104 “Oh, how I love your law!” Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.Your commands are always with me, and make me wiser than my enemies.I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your…