Free will?
"... what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do." Romans 7.15 So how free is free will? The apostle Paul outlines the dilemma in...
SOS
"... underneath are the everlasting arms." Deuteronomy 33.27 Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. It's a sobering thought that we need...
A sure foundation
"... we preach Christ crucified..." 1 Corinthians 1.23 Everybody knows René Descartes for his dictum "I think therefore I am". What they...
Use your head!
"... test all things..." 1 Thessalonians 5.21 Thomas Aquinas was another luminary to emerge out of the Dark Ages. His thinking was...
Without excuse?
"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being...
A moment to savour
"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Luke 12.34 Yesterday I visited my father in hospital. He was so frail that...
Friendship
"... there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." Proverbs 18.24 Aristotle taught that there are three kinds of friends. The...
The impulse towards perfection
"Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." Jeremiah 33.3 My favourite living sage is...
Adapt and improvise
"The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with...
Order! Order!
"Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent." Revelation 3.19 From a Protestant perspective, what constitutes an...
