The Universe that we live in is special. In fact, it is very, very special. Scientists are in awe of just how special this Universe appears to be. The apparent fine-tuning, or precise calibration, that we see in the Universe is quite simply amazing. For the Christian, this all makes sense. For the non-believer this […]
Read Numbers ch. 24 v17. Matthew ch. 2 v 1. Narrator Seeking the Truth In a world full of lies In a world full of fools They called them wise. They studied the writings The stars and the sightings But never quite knew the score Till it- entered their minds, By signals and signs. No […]
For Threads 300th post, they asked Carl Beech to tell us just why he loves the epic testosterone-fuelled film 300… The Battle of Thermopylae is the stuff of legend. It’s around 480BC and 300 Spartan warriors face an invasion force of 300,000 Persians. Against the odds they determine to hold them off at a narrow […]
Ever seen one of those lists, the one where you list your priorities in order. Often for the Christian they look like this: God Family Friends Church Job But if we were honest they’d probably look like this: Family Friends Church God Job Maybe not exactly but you get the idea. Didn’t Jesus come to […]
Carl Beech kicks off his all-male guest editor week with a challenge to all of us to realise that we are all deeper and more complex than might appear on the surface. Okay, before we get into this, I need to lay my cards face up on the table. I like fast cars and motorbikes […]
It struck me the other day that we sing an awful lot about Jesus being everything, that it’s all about Jesus. And let’s face it they are both excellent sentiments but do they tell the whole story? I mean I know we should give our entire heart to Jesus and He should be our main […]
I’ve noticed a trend among Christians that’s starting to make me feel grumpy. It may just be the people or organisations that I ‘follow’, but as I look through my Twitter feed I notice that the vast majority of comments are on issues such as justice, food banks, trafficking, gender issues, politics etc. All of […]
Can we know anything about God outside of the Bible or the historical record? That’s what we’re looking into with this mini-series. What does the information we know about the Universe tell us? Where does the evidence lead? In this first of three classical arguments for the existence of God we want to suggest that […]
I have been a fan of Nottingham forest for many years now. In the past, the glory days, I saw them (under the management of Brian Clough) win two European cups and a league championship. I bought the team strip and wore it proudly, sang the team songs on the terraces and for many years […]
I have never been that good at setting aside regular time to read the Bible and pray. It’s not that I haven’t tried – I have. I have tried when I wake up, when I go to bed, before I eat and so on. Every time the same thing happens, I start off strongly but […]
