Stand Firm!

Terry Goodkind wrote a fantasy series called the ‘Sword of Truth’ in which one character (Richard), injured in battle, wakes to find not only his beloved wife missing but all memory of her apparently erased. (‘Chainfire’) His struggle to find...

The Worship of God

Revelation 1-3, despite its imagery, resembles quite a few other New Testament letters with its vision of Jesus and its warnings, exhortations and promises to the churches. Once we get past these first three chapters, however, we move into more symbolic realms where...

Seasons of the Soul (2)

Michael & Stormie Omartian’s song ‘Seasons of the Soul’ has much spiritual wisdom in it. It’s unusual for a modern song in lasting almost seven minutes, with an instrumental introduction lasting 2 minutes 10 seconds.Maybe even the format of the song teaches us the...

God’s Currency

Everywhere we look, attention is focussed on the economy: soaring energy prices, the cost of living, inflation, interest rates and so on are all headlines hammered into our consciousness on a daily basis. For many, this is a daunting, challenging and frightening time....