Over the summer I worked at a Christian camp in Albany, New York. And one of the weeks I helped run an activity called Chill time with God, where campers could sign up to come for an hour each morning to talk more about God, learn more about the Bible, sing some praise to our […]
Category: Faith
Step away from your chains
“Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin. A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever. So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.” John 8:34-36 I think we all know that Jesus died to take the punishment […]
Vision
“To a man on a mountain road by night, a glimpse of the next 3 feet of road may matter more than a vision of the horizon” CS Lewis We all know that in the Bible it says that God has a plan for us (check it out in Jeremiah 29 if you don’t believe me). […]
The day that true love died
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 “Carrying the cross by himself, Jesus went to the place called Skull Hill (in Hebrew, Golgotha). There they crucified him” John 19:17-18 The cross. The ultimate […]
Cheers to Jeers
Palm Sunday. The triumphant entry into Jerusalem, Jesus riding in on the donkey, crowds cheering, laying down coats and palm leaves, proclaiming Him as King. The whole city was talking about it (Matthew 21:10). For the disciples, this was the dream. They had abandoned everything to follow Jesus in the belief that He was the Messiah […]
FAQ:Backsliding
Something that always causes a lot of questions is the issue of backsliding. (Indeed this article is a response to a couple of questions I’ve been asked about it, and so I’ve given it the FAQ title. Over the next few weeks I’ll be doing a few more FAQ articles as part of my ongoing […]
No one can come to the Father except through me
“I am the way, the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” Jesus in John 14:6. Probably one of the most offensive things Jesus ever said. Lots of people have different ideas of how they can be saved – by being a good person, by helping out those in […]
The importance of perseverance
I currently study medicine at Queens University, Belfast. And in order to get onto the course there was I needed 4 A grades in my AS exams (taken the year before you leave secondary school in the UK). But there was a problem, as when the results came out in August 2008 I only got a […]
Rain
“Oh no, You never let go, Through the calm and through the storm, Oh Lord You never let go of me” (from You never let go – Matt Redman) When you live in a country like Northern Ireland, you get used to the fact that it rains. A lot. And over the past few days […]
The tightrope of trust
We say we trust God, but how often do we put it into practice? If you have ever been to a circus you’ll probably have seen a tightrope walker walking along the rope at quite a height above the ground. You may also have seen ‘circus schools’ on TV that let people try out various […]