Pools in the Desert

When Luke wrote his Gospel, as his account of Jesus' life, he had to choose what were the key events which he wanted to record. For...

"How many times does God forgive you?" That's effectively the response that Jesus gave when he was asked how many times we should forgive...

I do, indeed, wish all readers of this blog a happy New Year. I pray that you will be blessed greatly by God and that he will bring...

I don’t know anything about you. I do know that you’re reading this, but I don’t know who you are. I don’t know whether I know you or...

The starting point for being a Christian is who you are now. Paul talks about our status in life and tells us not to worry too much about...

A while ago I wrote about the fact that God still heals people in miraculous ways today. Celebrations in order! I have been asked to...

It's actually over a month now since Father's Day, but I like to keep my cards up for as long as possible. However, yesterday I found...

No, I'm not talking about reincarnation. I'm talking about those people who call themselves born again Christians and can sometimes seem...

Irene and I went to the Lincolnshire Wolds for a bit of time out and to pray. We found a lovely spot near the top of a ridge with...

Comet NEOWISE I've quite got into astrophotography. We live in an area that is much darker at night than where we previously lived in...

I've seen it! I've seen it! I've seen it! Yes! Yes! Yes!! 1.30 am, look north, draw a mental line from Capella to the Plough, reach out...

We are all looking for that one thing that will fulfill us - our purpose here on Earth. Especially right now with lockdown and the spread...

I read a very sad article the other day about someone who had found freedom from religion. In particular, she had managed to free...

A quarter past ten at night, just after mid-summer. The sun had set a while ago, but it was still quite light, even though there was a...

At the end of the day, when the light is fading, I love to sit on the river bank and allow God to speak. A couple of nights ago I was...

There are 28 chapters in Luke's second book in the Bible - the Acts of the Apostles. It finishes in about 63 AD with the main character,...

The Trinity, or one God in three persons, sometimes seems like a human construct designed to explain something about God which ends up so...

The Father will give us the Spirit of Truth to be with us forever. It can easily get a bit confusing. In the Bible Paul talks about...

If we cast our minds back to the Garden of Eden at the beginning of Genesis, the first book in the Bible, there was no real distinction...

Have you ever wondered how God answers so many prayers when the conditions required to do that seem to be totally incompatible? For...