Recently I came across a wonderful story about two whales that had become trapped whilst swimming near to the Alaskan shore – they were surrounded by ice and freezing weather and unable to escape to their normal winter habitat. Soon help was at hand as local eskimos saw their plight and started to break the […]
Author: Greg Walton
Some time ago I heard Nicky Gumbel talking about the fact there were only 6 people in Saint Pauls on Easter Sunday 1740! Then God raised up two anointed evangelists, Wesley and Whitfield, and thousands came to faith. Throughout history there have been times of renewal and revival – godly moments when the Lords peoples […]
One of Satan’s strongest weapons is discouragement through negative words. If David had followed his brother’s or Goliath’s or Saul’s words in 1Samuel 17 he would not have gone on to be the greatest King Israel ever had. To his brothers he had a wicked heart and to Goliath he was the runt of the […]
Christianity is not a playground but a battleground! When Elijah came back from his victory on Mount Carmel he was exhausted with the struggle with Jezebel and others. He collapsed underneath the Juniper tree and experienced what Winston Churchill called – ‘The Black Dog’. Today, all around our country, people are feeling exhausted with the […]
Some years ago I was reading an evangelistic magazine in America when an advert from an evangelist caught my eye. He boasted that if he was invited to preach at any church he guaranteed that at least one hundred people would be saved! Probably one of the greatest evangelists that ever walked this earth was […]
Our son rang me recently to say he had been greatly moved to find out more about his great grandfather who served in the Royal Lancaster Regiment in the first world war and had been praised for gallant and distinguished service by the Secretary of State for war – Winston Churchill. He had signed up […]
During this time of lock down we are having to remember that waiting on the Lord is part of the Christian’s life experience. It’s not easy for active mission focused men to be patient but as David said in one of his many times of struggle “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and […]