This is the last of our present series on Women of the Bible by Beth Easton. Beth has covered a number of women in the New Testament such as Anna in the temple, Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary and Martha of Bethany, the Samaritan woman, the Canaanite woman and so on. This video is on Lydia whose conversion is described in Acts 16. She discusses her in the context of the foundation of the church at Philippi. We need women like Lydia to pray. Things happen when women pray and me

The Roman officer who stood facing the crucified Christ saw how He died and shouted out, “Truly, this Man was the Son of God”. It is all too easy to stand beneath the Cross of Jesus on Good Friday and see it as only the ridicule and rejection of a good Man. But that is to miss the heart of the dramatic event. Much better to sing with the hymnwriter: “O make me understand it, help me to take it in, What it meant for Thee, the Holy One, to bear away my sin”

Janie and I are really blessed with our adult children and their families. We number 15 (4 couples including the oldies) and 7 grandchildren) and this year is a bit special for us as we celebrate 50 years of married life together in August. Fiona is our youngest and she was leading the worship at the Origin Resurrection Event in the Usher Hall last Sunday evening (20th April). I was not able to attend as I was doing Bible teaching on a zoom meeting but I have heard good repor

You might remember that I used to share Linda's choice of hymns / spiritual songs on a Monday. Some of my Facebook friends used to like to listen to her choice of Christian songs. Since then, I have been posting blogs on the Life of David which is becoming increasingly unpopular. The last one had a total of 7 views and it took more than 7 hours to do the technical stuff of transferring from my PowerPoint to the website in a format which could be used by everyone.

Nearly everyone has fallen asleep in church at some time or another. It is extremely common and highly embarrassing; especially the awkward moment when suddenly coming to and finding your head closer to your knees than it should be. Several questions flood the mind when it happens. How long have I been asleep? Can the minister see me? Who is sitting directly behind me? Was I snoring? The best way out of the dilemma is to slowly begin to nod your head as if in full agreement w

In both chapter 24 & 26 David had to resist pressure from others who firmly believed that God had brought about these golden opportunities

Among the few Old Testament characters mentioned in the Gospels, the Queen of Sheba along with King Solomon secure a prominent place

By God's Grace I have met that fisherman in the Sinaï more that  forty years ago and introduced him to Yeshua as the fulfilment of Isaiah 53

Chapter 25 of First Samuel has all the ingredients of a powerful story. There is a reversal of 'fortune' with the victim winning out.