What have we learnt so far in this series? In the Christian home we’ve seen how Christ is the head, love must be at the core, and the Word of God must be the rule. In relationships in the home we’ve seen that it’s all about communication, and that we must speak the truth…
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The second week of May was ‘Dying Matters Awareness Week’, an initiative of Hospice UK. Death is indeed a serious subject worthy of reflection, and with the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ at the heart of our faith, we as Christians have the best perspective on the topic. Or at least we should.…
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It is safe to say that the heart’s desire of most Armenians is to live in peace. We have a small country with a population of under three million, but we have a unique culture and language. We have also experienced much turbulence in our past which continues to the present day. In world…
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Some time ago I heard this quotation from G. K. Chesterton: ‘When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.’ When I heard that, I thought it hit the nail on the head in terms of describing our current, post-truth…
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We all have ‘others’ in our lives – friends, family. Many readers belong to a church family. Most of the time we take these ‘others’ for granted. They are part of our scenery, part of the backdrop of our lives. They’re always there. We depend on that to help us feel comfortable in the…
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The world has changed. Like it or not, Covid-19 has changed our world permanently; it will never be the same again. The pandemic of 2020 and 2021 has revealed much about our society and our world, and such revelations have led to major changes, many of which will remain, whatever we think of them…
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The author and atheist Christopher Hitchens wrote in his autobiography: ‘Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of the flock.’ I think he’s spot on. Frankly, he’s thought much harder about that metaphor than many Christians have. This sheep metaphor is no incidental part of the Bible, it’s central to it. Think…
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