The Key to True Prosperity It was a young Billy Graham who arrived in my native Scotland in March, 1955. Now 93 he was then only 36. His invitation was to preach for six weeks in the city of Glasgow’s vast Kelvin Hall. Seated for 11,000 people, it was filled every night. A time of […]Read more
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Faith in Focus
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
There’s more to this than you think! How would you sum it up? The message of Easter? In a sentence? Here is one man’s attempt. To be fair he hadn’t been asked – as I’ve asked you. Easter, in fact, wasn’t on his mind. But to all intents and purposes it’s what he has given […]Read more
They thought it was a ghost! Ever thought that what you were seeing was a ghost? And then discovered that it wasn’t? Let me tell you a story about some men to whom that once happened. It’s a true story, too, and one that has a very powerful message for every reader of this column. […]Read more
This one’s for the men Which means you can probably guess what it’s about. In October of last year I addressed a men’s retreat on the subject of the sinfulness of pornography. What follows is a summary of the main points made. But first of all a comment on that word sinfulness. It has all […]Read more
Three Impossible Things We begin with a little exchange from Lewis Carroll’s Alice Through the Looking Glass. Alice tells the White Queen, “One can’t believe in impossible things”. To which the Queen rather loftily replies, “I daresay you haven’t had much practice. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six Read more
We don’t need to guess News is out that a certain celebrity has come to town. But why has he come? No one is quite sure. So everyone’s guessing – one suggesting this, another suggesting that – until someone comes up with the really bright idea, ‘Why not just ask him?’ So they do. And […]Read more
What can we say to the victims? You know her. Or you’ve read about her. Or she’s you. A victim of rape. How many of them there are! A wicked father, an abusive boyfriend, a cruel soldier, a complete stranger – guilty of the vilest of deeds. What physical and emotional injury they do. What […]Read more
What makes us so special? In finishing our world God was not like the artist putting some last delicate touches to his painting. Nor like the writer who finishes his article with a well-crafted sentence or two. Nor like the composer completing his score with some exquisite final notes. God finished making our Read more