Driving South for Christmas is a very familiar journey. As I set out I don’t need to consider much about the journey, I know the route, the various stopping places, and how long the journey will take. Unless there is a major hold up, a traffic accident or road works the journey is straightforward. As […]
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I have only ever met one person with the name Emmanuel, a French bloke who I studied with for a while. Point is, I don’t want to write about him, I want to share something with you this Christmas about one of the most mind-blowing things the bible has to say. (In my opinion anyway!) […]
“So, why did God have to die?” This question, asked by many, runs to the heart of the Christian faith. Had To? Chose To. One of the most well known Bible verses starts this way, “For God so loved the world …” (John 3:16). Love is a choice. It has to be. Coerced love is […]
On a recent bitterly cold day I was trudging around the internment camp of Auschwitz, Poland, listening to my guide explain this building and that, when I came across a plaque that caught my attention. The plaque was affixed to the side of the wall of one of the buildings that housed the inmates. It […]