Whatever side of the political spectrum you stand on, if you are a Christian, of all people you have the greatest challenge. The ungodly ideology which pervades our world today insists on cancelling and side-lining anyone they disagree with is endemic in our culture...
We have seen all sorts of demonstrations on the media over the last few years. People will gather and demonstrate and often such demonstrations will turn ugly. Here are just a few we’ve seen in recent years: Brexit – people both for and against brexit have...
Obadiah is a contemporary of Jeremiah, the parallels between his prophecy and Jeremiah 49v9–10&14–16 are quite striking. Historically, Obadiah is set about 586BC, Babylon had attacked and destroyed Jerusalem about 10 years earlier (c597BC). The Babylonian soldiers...
To my Christian friends… I have watched with sadness many memes and posts on social media criticising a particular high profile Christian leader, or church, or denomination and pointing out where he/she/it somehow falls short of “true” Christianity (and usually what...
This week, I’m starting a new series … exciting eh? I’m going to look at some of the the prophetic books we find in the Old Testament, particularly those which are known as the minor prophets. Although we are looking at books called “the prophets”, prophets were...
