My name is Don and I’m drinking lager in my local pub. I believe that individual choice is sacred. Follow your heart in everything you do. Be true to yourself and you’ll be alright. Trust in your instincts. You can’t go wrong. I love all the Star Wars films. Yoda Read more…
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 friends. When his mother lay dying he was found roaming 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 times! She was particularly concerned for the weak and the 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 animation from the Theos think-tank (2021) which aims to unpack 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 very involved in charity work and spent part of each 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 to a bygone age. The church, she said, was dead Read more…
Doreen was a very selfless woman and she had devoted her life to the service of others. She was the kind of saintly creature who denied herself every pleasure. No chocolate. No cheese. No dancing. No fun. She was completely dedicated to serving others. She was an altruist; she lived Read more…
The Christian political thinker Jim Skillen has spent many years unpacking how Jesus Christ is Lord of every area of life and culture. In his many books he has shown us how all kinds of Christians can serve God in their distinctive spheres of responsibility. I am particularly in his Read more…
Jack Leonard was one of the most famous Hollywood A listed stars in the world. He had starred in some truly memorable movies and it was estimated that his fortune was somewhere in the region of $500 million. He was not a particularly handsome man but his rubber face and Read more…
Last month I was in London delivering a RealityBites assembly about Cheryl Cole’s consumerist faith in a school. As I arrived at King’s Cross station I observed an evangelist who was energetically quoting Bible verses at passersby. I think John 3:16 got a mention. I noticed that no one was Read more…