Do you have world cup fever? It’s all kicking off as we hear about footballers and fans weeping and wailing as their beloved teams are dumped out of the world cup. In this article I want to explore both the good and the bad side of the beautiful game. Can Read more
The World Cup is starting very soon and this article honours this excitement. Emmanuel Petit is a French former professional footballer. He is best known for scoring in the 1998 World Cup Final and winning Euro 2000 with France. His goal in the 1998 World Cup final was the last goal Read more
When we think about a concentration camp we are immediately confronted with human depravity and cruelty. The guards in these camps were brutal and merciless. The Nazi creed proclaimed that many people, including Jewish and disabled people are, ‘life unworthy of life’. Hitler once wrote: “Victory is to the strong Read more
How do you serve God as a soldier? For some this question is absurd. Only pastors, preachers and missionaries can serve the Lord, they murmur piously. We have already explored the inspiring story of the detective William Sleeman but let’s look at the life of an African disciple of Jesus Read more
Many people experience trouble and strife during their lives. We live in a broken, groaning world (Romans 8) and sometimes innocent people suffer greatly. We know that many Christians in the first century were persecuted for their faith in Jesus. Faithful followers of the Lord were imprisoned, tortured and killed Read more
I was very impressed by the presenter Vicky Gibbens who interviewed me yesterday on her radio show. I’ve been interviewed on the radio quite a few times and I’ve often come away feeling rather deflated and disappointed. I’m making myself vulnerable here. With Vicky it was completely different. It wasn’t Read more
Fred Lemon was born in 1914 in the east end of London. He grew up in the world of jellied eels, winkles and cheeky, cockney geezers. His mum and dad taught young Fred “to steal whenever there was an opportunity and to forage in dustbins for rags and bottles and Read more
Abraham Kuyper was a Dutch politician, journalist, church reformer, theologian, pastor and educator whose influence shaped both Dutch society and Christian thinking about all areas of life and society. He was a founder of a Christian university, the Free University in Amsterdam and a Christian political party—the Anti-revolutionary Party—and even Read more
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every Read more
The Bible is very honest about human depravity. In the Old Testament the prophets were profoundly aware of how idolatry can destroy countless lives. In particular they denounced the prophets of Baal who peddled a dark, pagan faith that we need to understand. How did the followers of Baal serve Read more