When Love Means Saying Hard Things Can a preacher tell his hearers in a nice way they are sinners? If he can, I’ve still to find it. There is no justification for saying it self-righteously. The preacher is as truly a sinner as those he is addressing and it becomes him to speak with humility. […]Read more
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When Wicked Men Die It was a memorable text for a memorable occasion. My friend was preaching on the Sunday after the overthrow and execution of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in December 1989, and this was the verse on which he based his sermon: “I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like Read more
Who are we? On Sunday evenings in Grace Baptist Church we’re grappling with one of the most important questions we can ever ask: who are we as human beings? And here is where we are going for the answer: the Bible. It’s the last place in the world your average 21st Century man or woman […]Read more
Will there ever be an end to war? August 2014, as many of you know, marks the one hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of World War One. One hundred years ago today the major powers of Europe were at war with each other. It was confidently anticipated that it would be over by Christmas. Instead, […]Read more
Back to Basics What would we find if we could go back to the beginnings of marriage? It’s increasingly believed that marriage is nothing more than a human idea. We ourselves invented it. We are totally free, therefore, to make our own rules for it. Should a marriage be for life? That’s up to us. […]Read more
Absolutely the best of days It will never catch on. I know it. Good Friday will continue to be called Good Friday without so much as a backward glance. So why go to the trouble of suggesting a new name for it? It has all to do with Good Friday being good. Why call it […]Read more
Certainty for an Uncertain Future I wonder what your plans are for this new year. Some of you, I’m sure, have got a vacation booked and are counting down the weeks (or days). Perhaps there is a family wedding on the horizon or a special anniversary and you’re busy getting ready. If your home is […]Read more
Whatever Else Changes What has changed for you this year? Maybe a great deal. It’s so often how it is with us. Things can be very different at the end of a year from what they were at the beginning. And often these changes are unwelcome. A loved one no longer with us. A major […]Read more
The man who would not run on Sunday If you have seen the movie Chariots of Fire you will know about the British athlete Eric Liddell. At the time of the 1924 Olympics in Paris, France, he was one of the fastest men in the world and a favourite to win the gold in the […]Read more
The same old need and the remedy that’s ever new Lots of people are fascinated with idea of travelling through time. I confess that I am one of them. When I was a child I watched a movie called The Time Machine and it fairly captured my imagination. How appealing the thought of time-travelling – […]Read more