RSS FeedA 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...
PRAYING OUR FATHER
Jesus said, “This is how you should pray: ‘Our Father’. (Matthew 6:9) Our very familiarity with the Lord’s Prayer, and Christianity, dulls our awareness of the unique relationship that Jesus made possible. To say “Our Father” is to claim membership in a family that...
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH CONFLICT IN THE WORLD?
September 29 in the Christian Calendar is St. Michael and All Angels Day. It marks the beginning of the academic year in the United Kingdom with Michaelmas Term. It will always be a special day for me because on that day in 1967 I was ordained to the Christian...
WHERE DO WE FIND THE ANSWERS TO THE GREAT QUESTIONS OF LIFE?
H.P. Liddon (1829-1890) Jesus said, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” (Matthew 24:35) “My words shall not pass away.” There are loud voices and accomplished writers who say that they shall; that it is only a questions of time, and...
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