Eric Liddell, Scotland’s fastest athlete at the time and a Christian, refused to run in a heat in the 1924 Paris Olympics held on a Sunday and was forced to withdraw from the 100-metres race, his best event. The schedule had been published several months earlier, and his decision was made well before the Games.… Continue reading Why Sundays are special
Category: Christian Worldview
I create disaster, says the Lord
Isaiah 45 is a very difficult passage for those who have a small view of God. Yet this same chapter is of great value to Christians. Isaiah teaches in this chapter that God is sovereign over all of nature and history, and nothing happens except as ordained by God.
Multi-colour churches and the defeat of racism
I often get very discouraged by the racist views expressed on so many news and social media sites. It seems that some (sad) people are hell-bent in making any and every issue about the amount of pigmentation of another’s skin. Sadly racism is also sometimes seen in the church; this was especially true of the… Continue reading Multi-colour churches and the defeat of racism
The true art of love
The top question asked of Google last year was, “What is love?” That’s telling – perhaps people are a little confused about what love ought to be! I read a very interesting article on the BBC website called “Down with romantic love”. The author, who is not a Christian, speculates that our idealised notion of… Continue reading The true art of love
A Christian response to Crime
A few years ago a family in our church was robbed at gunpoint. Three armed man confronted the husband in his own garage. The gunmen entered the home and made the family sit down as they rummaged through the house taking anything of value. Thankfully they left the family physically unharmed as they made off with their… Continue reading A Christian response to Crime