RSS FeedYOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
What do we mean when we pray, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”? We are praying that something will happen that has not yet happened. We are praying that God will bring about his heavenly purpose on earth. We are praying that God would use us to do his...
CENTENARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR ONE
Amos William Dowell, age 22, in 1914 One hundred years ago, at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, November 11, 1918, World War I (aka the Great War) ended. There will be centenary anniversary celebrations in France and elsewhere. The war...
QUESTIONING ATHEISM IN THE SOVIET UNION
Irina Ratushinskaya (1954-2017) was a Ukrainian poet who was tried and imprisoned during the 1980’s for anti-Soviet activity. Her crime was to write poetry from a Christian perspective. She was not raised as a Christian, and had no access to Christian literature or a...
A JEWISH MEMORIAL PRAYER FOR ALL SOULS’ DAY
All Souls’ Day, November 2, (also known as the Day of the Dead in the South-West and Mexico) commemorates all the faithful departed. My first church in London was called All Souls Church. This year it is appropriate to remember the eleven victims of the massacre at...
ALL SAINTS’ DAY MEDITATION
Christians are future oriented. We do not fear the future. We deal honestly and courageously with the end of this life because we have a future to look forward to. What do we see when we look into the future? The past we know, the present we are experiencing. What...
SAVING THE BEST TILL LAST
Today I read and reflected upon the first miracle of Jesus: turning the water into wine at the wedding in Cana (John 2:1-11). Every time I read a passage of Scripture I find a new application relevant to my present life situation. Today I was struck by the words of...
YOUR KINGDOM COME: A PRAYER OF LIBERATION
When Jesus first began his ministry in Galilee he proclaimed the good news of God: “The time has come. The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!” (Mark 1:15) The kingdom of God came with Jesus. In his life and ministry the kingdom of God arrived....
WHY I READ GOOD FICTION
I have been reading the novels and stories of Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) and have been fascinated by his insight into the psychology of his characters. Zweig was an Austrian who knew and appreciated Sigmund Freud and his theories of the unconscious. His knowledge of...
HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME: WHAT IS YOUR MENTAL IMAGE OF GOD?
A.W. Tozer (1897-1963) pastored the Southside Alliance Church in Chicago from 1928 to 1959, and the Peoples’ Church in Toronto, the last four years of his life. His sermons confronted his listeners with these questions: Is God real to you? Is your Christian experience...
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE ABOUT HEAVEN?
THE PLAINS OF HEAVEN, John Martin When Jesus instructed the disciples to pray to “Our Father in heaven”, (Matthew 6:9) he was introducing a new way of approaching God. We are to speak to God as little children to a parent who loves and cares for us, and who, at the...
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