George Muller was born in Prussia (now Germany) in 1805. As a young man he was a real tearaway. He was a thief, a liar, a bounder, a cad, a womaniser and a committed playboy who used and abused his Read more…
“If it is to be governed essentially by the ground motive of the Christian religion, a scientific practice of economics should not be limited to the field of so-called economic policy. It needs to start with a reformation of the Read more…
Catherine Booth was born in Derbyshire in 1829. When she was a young girl the family moved to the East End of London. She was a committed Christian and by the age of twelve she had read the Bible eight Read more…
A guest post by Prof. Paulo Ribeiro Pride and jealousy are both complex emotions, but they differ in their motivations and manifestations. Pride typically arises from a sense of satisfaction or fulfillment in one’s own accomplishments. It often involves feelings Read more…
I am delighted that REtoday has just published this article about our Worldview film resource. It has 20,000 readers. It cannot be read on the internet so here it is. ‘Nobody Stands Nowhere’ is the title of an excellent two-minute Read more…
Elizabeth Gurney was born in Norwich on the 21st May, 1780. She was the daughter of John Gurney, a Quaker and an owner of a woolstapling and spinning factory. Elizabeth’s mother, Catherine Gurney was also a devout Quaker. She was Read more…
This year, I’ve been doing my research at a noted respository of medieval manuscripts – the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. This location has affected my research practice in lots of ways. While I was in Canada last Read more…
I remember talking to a non-Christian friend several years ago. I tried to talk to her about God and Jesus in the spirit of the Great Commission (Matthew 28) but she spurned me disdainfully and told me that Christianity belonged Read more…
This is the text of a sermon I preached at our university chapel recently (with slight modifications for context). What do Moses and Daniel have in common? Reading the account of the birth and upbringing of Moses in Exodus chapter Read more…
I’d like to share a great blog post by Adam Mastroianni at Experimental History. Entitled “There are no statistics in the Kingdom of God“, it naturally caught my attention, and held it even once I realised that it wasn’t seeking Read more…