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A friend asked me to explain 1 Samuel 18:10 which states that an evil spirit from God came on King Saul. How can this be if only good comes from God? But it is not quite accurate to say that only good comes from God, for while God’s original creation was declared to...
JOHN STOTT
One hundred years ago, on April 27, 1921 John Stott was born in London, England to Sir Arnold and Lily Stott. His father was a physician to the Royal Household and they lived on Harley Street, the medical district of the West End of London. They attended All Souls...
OUR COSMIC FUTURE
The Christian hope focuses not only on our individual future (the resurrection of the body) but also on our cosmic future (the renewal of the universe). On the whole Christians tend to think and talk too much of an ethereal heaven and too little about the new heaven...
DO YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE?
Your life matters – your life is valuable. Whatever your circumstances, whether you are royalty or commoner, prince or pauper. At the end of St Paul’s magnificent exposition of the truth and reality of the Resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15, after he has presented the...
THROUGH CLOSED DOORS
THE LOCKED DOOR “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you!’ After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The...
POLITICAL THEOLOGY
Paul Tillich, 1886-1965, was a Lutheran theologian who taught at Union Theological Seminary, Harvard Divinity School and the University of Chicago and is known for his book The Courage to Be and his three volume Systematic Theology. He was born and educated in Germany...
ORIGINS OF DOUBT
Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, was a twin. We don’t hear of his twin, and we know nothing about his childhood. But we know that he also, was always asking questions. He never accepted anything without asking for an explanation. That is what got him a...
WHAT DO I REALLY WANT?
Harald K. Haugan is a beloved friend and pastor who founded All Souls Church in Jacksonville, Florida. His latest book includes this wonderful poem, which can serve as the lyrics for a Christian rap song, and an aspiration for all of us. From Inner Desire to Outer...
AN UNNECESSARY GLOBAL DEBACLE?
During the last year I have been convinced that the media obsession with COVID-19 and governmental attempts to mitigate it by lockdowns have been driven by hysteria and fear of death which, as a Christian, I reject as unreasonable and damaging. It has been encouraging...
THE EASTER EARTHQUAKE
“There was a violent earthquake, for the angel of the Lord came down from heaven, and going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.” (Matthew 28:2,3) Almost every week there are reports...
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