Obsessions take over our lives, leading us to become so preoccupied with an idea that everything else has to take a back seat. The very word indicates something that is not quite normal, that goes beyond what we regard as usual. We can be obsessed with anything: a...

Paul summarises his commission from Jesus in this way: ‘I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by...

Acts 26 tells us of Paul’s testimony before King Herod Agrippa II. In the ongoing saga of Paul’s arrest in Jerusalem, he has defended himself before the crowds, before the Sanhedrin and before the governors Felix and Festus, and now has the opportunity to speak before...