Malleability

Chemistry was the only science subject I really enjoyed at school. I was terrified of my biology teacher, whose eccentricity and rigid rules left me afraid to explore and ask questions, and the maths involved in physics left me cold. Chemistry, however, was taught by...

“That’s not fair!”

Fairness is at the heart of our belief system. We live by the balancing scales. We believe wrongs should be righted. We long for justice and right to triumph. But this desire for fairness, however praiseworthy, leads us into a cul-de-sac of misery, for there is no way...

God the Helper & Protector

J-P spoke tonight on Psalm 121, a favourite psalm of his (and many other people!) This psalm was written in the flyleaf of his first Bible by his grandmother and was particularly relevant to him during childhood hikes in the Drakensberg mountains in his native South...

Spiritual Weapons

Paul speaks also in Eph 6:10-17 about spiritual weapons. All the other items – the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, our feet fitted with readiness from the gospel of peace, the shield of faith and the helmet of salvation – are for our protection, to...

Spiritual Armour

There are 5 items of armour mentioned in Paul’s list, which refer to the armour worn by Roman soldiers. The belt of truth buckled round our waists (Eph 6:14) The breastplate of righteousness in place (Eph 6:14) feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel...