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25/06/2026

Chronicles – The Acts Left Out (11)

By any measure, king Asa was one of the loveliest men to grace the pages of Holy Writ; a lover of righteousness and stability, for which God gave him peace. He came on the scene to a nation in poor spiritual health with the onerous task of being Judah’s first reformer, having to effect change without precedent. He inherited a kingdom gripped by idolatry. Even within his family, his grandmother, Maachah, was profoundly influencing the nation for evil. Family connections can often blunt a person’s discernment of what is right and wrong, but not in Asa’s case. As a young man, […]

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19/06/2026

Ruth (10)

The Virtuous Woman After Ruth had uncovered Boaz’s feet and laid down there, something happened at midnight to startle him, awaking him from sleep. It was at this point he noticed Ruth lying at his feet. Ruth responded to him by saying: “I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art one that hath right to redeem” (Ruth 3:9, AV margin). Ruth was keen to ensure Boaz was aware of his eligibility to be a kinsman redeemer. As mentioned last time, Boaz would have understood Ruth’s intentions. Ruth sought the sanctuary of Boaz in marriage, […]

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02/06/2026

Skilful Hands[1]

[1] Extracted and adapted from chapter 3 of The Design and Origin of Man by Professor Stuart Burgess, Bristol, UK “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning” (Psa 137:5) The human hand is one of the most precise and wonderful mechanical devices in creation and vastly more impressive than any mechanical device that man has made. The amazing skill of human hands can be seen in a wide range of applications such as writing, surgery, art and the playing of musical instruments. Human hands have unique features such as fully opposable thumbs and fine motor control. The […]

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30/05/2026

Unique Features of the Gospels – Mark (2)

Mark’s style and diction Mark writes to impress upon his readers the rapid, ceaseless energy of the Servant. One can almost feel exhausted after reading Mark, so quickly does the action seem to occur. As one writer said: “It is sometimes said of a story that “it marches”, but Mark’s story does not so much march; it rushes on in a kind of breathless attempt to make the story as vivid to others as it was to himself”—William Barclay. Mark writes in the historical present tense rather than the past tense. He makes his readers participants of the story rather […]

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24/05/2026

The Day of the Lord Will Come

Rules based order gone The rules-based international order emerged from the devastation of World War II. The vision was ambitious and universal: to create a global system based on liberal democratic values, market capitalism and multilateral cooperation. Central to this vision was the establishment of institutions such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. These institutions, alongside widely accepted norms and formalised rules, aimed to promote political cooperation, the peaceful resolution of disputes, and economic recovery for countries damaged by war. This stability has now been turned on its head with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, […]

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22/05/2026

Ice

Job 37:10 “By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the water is straitened.” To set the scene before reading this article, you might like to get a cold drink and add some ice cubes. The NKJV translation of Job 37:10, quoted above, is a bit easier to understand: “By the breath of God ice is given, And the broad waters are frozen.” An example of frozen broad waters is shown in Figure 1 which is a painting by Thomas Wyke of a Frost Fair held on the River Thames in the winter of 1683-84, during […]

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18/05/2026

Alfred Dreyfus Posthumously Promoted to the Rank of Brigadier General

Alfred Dreyfus, the French Jewish military officer, who was falsely accused of treason in 1894 in France, has been posthumously promoted to the rank of brigadier general.[1] Captain Alfred Dreyfus was charged with selling secret documents to Germany. French President, Emmanuel Macron, and French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, signed the promotion into law and it was published in the Journal Officiel de La République Française, the government gazette of the French Republic. The law is seen as an act of restitution for the notorious case that exposed the underlying antisemitism of 19th century Europe and a “symbolic step” in France’s fight against […]

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17/05/2026

The Cherubim (6)

In the Prophets In the previous article we began to explore the significance of the theophany described in Ezekiel chapter 1. In that vision Ezekiel saw cherubim under an expanse, and a throne. The vision was an ominous warning of God’s judgments that were soon to fall upon Judah and Jerusalem. Yet at the same time the cherubim in the vision presented Ezekiel with a glimpse of the glory that he was to be a part of. This bitter sweet experience so overwhelmed the prophet that he fell upon his face (Ezek 1:28). The wheels, verses 15-18 Among all the […]

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15/05/2026

Flag or Rudder?

Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer”. The teachings of the Master are not just a creed to be believed but a life to be lived. It’s one thing to sail under a flag of high ideals, it is quite another to use these principles as the rudder of our ship. It is incredible that people will put their hand upon a Bible in being sworn into office when in that very Bible, in […]

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11/04/2026

The Ups and Downs of a Great Vertical Migration

The deep ocean is widely considered the ‘final frontier’ for human exploration on earth. Despite covering over 70% of the planet’s surface, more than 80% of the ocean remains entirely unmapped and unseen by humans. The deep sea, in particular, is a vast, largely unknown expanse, potentially home to millions of undiscovered species, unique ecosystems and exceptional geological formations like hydrothermal vents. In connection with these deep-sea secrets, God asked Job, “Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?” (Job 38:16 RSV). The answer was obviously, “No”! Even today with all […]

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