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
William Tyndale was born in Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire in 1494. He was a gifted linguist and wordsmith who crafted many evocative phrases such as ‘the fat of the land’, the ‘writing is on the wall’ and ‘the powers that be’. Amazingly he was fluent in eight languages. Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, Read more
Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) was a famous Dutch rationalist philosopher. He believed that pure unaided reason can tell us everything we need to know. He believed that God is the same as Nature (pantheism). In other words only God exists. He contended that brilliant boffins (like him) can prove conclusively that Read more
Efim Klubnikin was an inspiring prophet who heeded God’s warnings to leave his homeland and journey to Los Angeles in the USA. This prophecy saved the lives of thousands who listened to his ominous message. The American celebrity Kim Kardashian’s great grandparents were saved from the horrors of the Armenian Read more