In his book, The Attributes of God, A.W Tozer describes a lady known as ‘Lady Julian’ who thought about why we are not happy and she said, “If this is all true, then why should we not all be at great ease of heart and soul? Why aren’t Christians the happiest, the most easeful people in all the wide world?’’ Then she answered her own question: … [Read more...]

There is a principle that  I came across that would be emulated by all of us: “Before we speak or write anything about another person we must always ask ourselves two questions—is it kind and is it true? And if the answer to the first is no, then the second no longer matters; our ethical imperative demands silence. In fact according to Jewish … [Read more...]

For many of us, Christmas is our favourite time of the year. But each year it grows more difficult to navigate the suffocating commercialism and secularization of the season to arrive at the genuine reason for the celebration: the incarnation of God as a human to become the sacrifice for our sins and make possible our reconciliation to God. I'm … [Read more...]

Passover was the first of the three feast seasons in Jewish culture.The Passover was to be a memorial to the Hebrews’ deliverance from Egypt. This deliverance happened during the month of Nisan and represented God’s first encounter with His covenant people. (Exod. 12:1-14; 43-48.) You recall that God chose Moses as His instrument to lead the … [Read more...]

Some years ago the women’s competition in the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon had one of the most dramatic endings in sports history. Coming into the final stretch with a comfortable lead, the triathlete reached the very end of her reserves. She slowed, staggered, then collapsed within sight of the finish line. Her mind and body were barely functioning. … [Read more...]

One of my favorite movies of all time is the 1981 Chariots of Fire. It’s the only reason many people are familiar with Eric Liddell, the “Flying Scotsman” who shocked the world by refusing to run the one hundred meters in the 1924 Paris Olympics, a race he was favored to win. He withdrew because the qualifying heat was on a Sunday, and he believed … [Read more...]

The apostle Paul preached to philosophers, Pharisees, rulers, soldiers, sorcerers, sailors, slaves to Felix, Festus, Agrippa, and most likely to Caesar himself-the head of the most powerful and most enduring empire that the world has ever seen. Remember the Lord had called him as His chosen instrument to take His message to the Gentiles and to … [Read more...]

We might wish for more but we only get one life. Someone said, ‘If only we have two lives. The first in which to make one’s mistakes.....and the second in which to profit by them.’  But there are no dress rehearsals for life; we are on stage straightway. Time is our most valuable possession. The pressure on time tends to increase as life goes on … [Read more...]

In our previous post we looked at how to remain faithful and overcome the onslaught of wickedness that is increasing at a very fast pace. So another unshakable truth that will enable us to withstand the challenges that confront us, is to have an eternal perspective in everything we do. It is easy for modern Western Christians to forget that … [Read more...]