Today I want to kick off with a passage from the book of Acts in the New Testament;

“Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thess...

Thanks for showing up as we continue our study of Kevin DeYoung’s book “Taking God at His word”. Today we continue to look at 2 Peter 1.16-21-

16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but w...

“James, all this talk of the Bible is all very sweet but doesn’t everybody know that it is just a fairy story for grownups? It is nothing more than a ragtag of myth mixed with manmade ideas with a generous helping of superstition for good measure!”

I respond by saying t...

Do you want to hear God speaking to you? You can! Amazing? Yes! Out of this world? No, this experience is to be had very much in this world and can be had every day. Sounds amazing, doesn’t it? Can you imagine God speaking to you-personally, certainly, authoritatively?...

 A while back a few of us from the church went along to see the Hollywood’s blockbuster; Noah which has an all-star cast headed by Russell Crowe. The director, and self professed atheist, Darren Aronofsky, has  boasted that the film is the least biblically based “Bible...

How do you pay for your mobile phone calls? Many people, if not the majority, use the pay-as-you-go system, where you purchase credit beforehand and top-up as you need. Many of us know what it is like to run out of credit just when you need to make that important call...

“Never criticise” is the mantra that we are all told these days when it comes to working with young people. 

Teachers are told not to use red pens because it crushes the spirit.  Instead of getting an ‘F’ for ‘fail’, you now get a ‘U’ for ‘ungraded’ – as if that will...

I read this story recently of a man travelling through somewhere remote and far away, and thought it worth sharing. Have a read.

As I was driving home through a nearby mountainous region, I passed by a homeless man who was in a particularly bad state, walking uphill in...

I recently heard Louise Phelan being interviewed on the radio. She’s the vice-president of PayPal’s operations for Europe, the Middle-East, and Africa. This year she was awarded the title of Ireland’s Most Trusted Leader at the Best Workplaces in Ireland awards ceremon...

Comedian Lee Mack was interviewed on Desert Island Discs some time ago. He was asked which book he would like to take—you’re allowed to take the Bible, the works of Shakespeare and one other. He chose Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, but it was his comment a...