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This is the day that … Anne Askew was burned at the stake, in 1546.
Although reared in the Roman Catholic faith, and married to Thomas Kyne, a devout Roman Catholic, Anne read the chained Bible that Henry VIII had caused to be placed in Lincoln Cathedral. The truth of the gospel dawned upon her and [...]

This is the day that … a weekly newspaper, The Christian Age, dated 13 May, 1874, printed a poem, which fell into the hands of Mr Ira D. Sankey.
With his friend, D.L. Moody, beside him, the two American evangelists sat in a railway carriage travelling towards Edinburgh.  Moody had just completed the Glasgow campaign.
In that [...]

This is the day that … Columba landed on the tiny isle of Iona off the northwest coast of Scotland in the year AD 563.
Columba had been a monk in Ireland … and had surreptitiously copied a Book of Psalms belonging to the Abbot.  When this was discovered, St Finnian demanded the copy be given [...]

This is the day that … John Charles Ryle was born in Macclesfield, England, in 1816.
As Bishop of Liverpool from 1880 to 1900 he became “one of the greatest and most influential Anglican evangelicals of all time”.
Educated at Eton and Oxford, where he showed prowess as a fine sportsman, his thoughts turned to the ministry [...]

This is the day that … Kenneth Taylor was born, in 1917.
It was at family devotions that one of his children asked him the meaning of a verse in the King James Version of the Bible.  When he had explained it the children retorted:  “Well, Daddy, if that’s what the verse means, why doesn’t it [...]

This is the day that … Andrew Fuller died, in 1815.
The son of an English Baptist farmer, and a “powerful wrestler in his youth”, Fuller was to become the greatest original theologian among 18th century Baptists” (Dictionary of the Christian Church, page 395).
At the age of 14 he came into “rest for my troubled soul”.  [...]

While Dreamtime and Dreaming are part of Australia’s ancient indigenous mythology the New Dreaming represents today’s departure into fanciful thought and abandonment of facts and reason.
Australian Aboriginals refer to “Dreamtime” as the earliest times, when spirit beings formed the world. They also refer to the “Dreaming” to identify their localized myths, legends, fairytales and folklore, [...]

We are to “be fruitful” - that’s God’s command at creation. “Be Fruitful and Multiply” (Genesis 1:28). It is also what God expects of us as Christians. Jesus said that we are ordained to bear fruit. “I have chosen and ordained you to bring forth fruit that remains” (John 15:16).
So, what is fruitfulness? Some Christians [...]

Faith is something I give attention to and from time to time I reflect on the practical issues of faith as a lifestyle. This reflection is a fresh way to communicate what “living by faith” is all about. But before I get to that, let me back track with you and give you a couple [...]

The Vatican has now defined an extended list of sins – updating a tradition that is 1500 years old. And, may I say, it signals a crumbling of the Catholic Church.
That’s a dramatic suggestion and it’s not intended to be anything but an observation. Consider what is happening here and make your own assessment.
A recent [...]