William Sleeman was one of the most accomplished and innovative detectives ever to have lived. He was born in 1788 in Stratton, Cornwall. From a young age William wished to serve abroad in the army of the East India Company. He had studied both Arabic and Hindustani for three years Read more…
William Carey was born in the village of Paulerspury, 10 miles south of Northampton, on the 7th August 1761. He was one of the most extraordinary Baptists ever to have lived. William Carey is sometimes called the ‘father of modern missions’ but this can be misleading. He had a passion Read more…
Windows on Worldviews: exploring secular beliefs in A-level and GCSE Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies is an innovative, free video resource which unpacks both religious and secular beliefs. According to recent research more than 70% of UK young people aged 15-plus have no formal religious affiliation with many embracing a Read more…
Frau Beckstein lived in Austria at the fag end of the 19th century. She was a noble and idealistic school teacher and she loved poetry, novels, opera and painting. To say that Frau Beckstein was cultured would be an understatement. She loved the life of the artist and she swooned Read more…
Thor, the Norse hammer chucker, is not a happy god! In this exclusive interview we get the low down on the mighty thunder god’s riches to rags story. In the old days when the Vikings ruled the waves, Thor was a respected and prosperous heathen god who always got decent Read more…
Barbel Mohr was a best-selling German author who wrote the book The Cosmic Ordering Service: A Guide to Realizing your Dreams which sold more than a million copies. This is the book made famous by television presenter Noel Edmonds’s admission that he used it to get his deepest longings fulfilled. Read more…
Consider two conversations about Science and God on the streets of Leeds. Less Fruitful Conversation “Hello, my name is Susan and I believe that only science tells us the truth. This means that Christianity is a load of rubbish.” “We don’t talk about stuff like that in our church. But Read more…
How can we serve God outside the church sphere? Many Christians today are aware of the problem of dualism: the sacred/secular split. It’s easy to understand that preachers, pastors, evangelists and apologists are serving God but what about cobblers and French teachers? William Tyndale (1494-1536) is famous for translating the Read more…
It was a very good evening last night. Justin Brierley interviewed Andrew Bunt and Charlie Bell on one of the burning issues of the day. Is a practising, gay lifestyle compatible with biblical teaching? I thought the tone and the content were excellent. Justin was gracious, as always, and both Read more…
In the Bible there are many stories of God speaking to people in dreams. In Genesis chapter 41 God spoke to Pharaoh in a dream about fat and ugly cows. In Daniel 4 God spoke to king Nebuchadnezzar in a dramatic tree dream that made him terrified. In Matthew 2 Read more…