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This thing called love

This thing called love

In the 1970s, Johnny Cash defined love in this way: You can’t see it with your eyes, hold it in your hands, but like the wind that covers our land it’s strong enough to rule the [...]

Jesus wins: Overcoming from Revelation

Jesus wins: Overcoming from Revelation

Recent years have seen Christians in the UK placed under greater pressure than for several centuries. At times it feels as if we are constantly on the defensive. And yet, over the same period, my church [...]

It is finished!

It is finished!

Surely one of the reasons why we have four Gospels is that together they give us a composite picture of the life, ministry and teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. In this way we are enabled [...]

A lineage of grace

A lineage of grace

A Lineage of Grace is a series of five novels about Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary; five women whose lives and backgrounds made them unlikely choices to feature in the family line of Jesus Christ. [...]

Re-focus on Jesus

Re-focus on Jesus

David Norman Jones (oh, sorry, I think he wants the ‘Norman’ left out now) gave a number of very challenging wake-up calls in his sermons at the Aber Conference in August. He warned against ‘pining for [...]

The incomparable Christ

The incomparable Christ

Ah, Shakespeare! What a wordsmith; such wondrous turns of phrase. I am sure he could have talked his way into or out of any situation. Hear him as he woos a fair maiden: Shall I compare [...]

Jesus Christ high over all

Jesus Christ high over all

Abraham Kuyper of Holland (1837-1920) said: There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Jesus Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry ‘Mine’. What a statement! [...]

Real Life Jesus: Meeting, Freedom, Purpose

Real Life Jesus: Meeting, Freedom, Purpose

The author Mike Cain is senior minister of Emmanuel Church in Bristol and is clearly a man with a burning desire to let others know about this amazing person, Jesus Christ. In eleven short chapters, Cain [...]

The greatest… ever!

The greatest… ever!

The recent death of singer Michael Jackson sent the media buzzing – but just how good was he? Was he the greatest pop star ever? That’s probably over the top, as surely Elvis would take this [...]