Looking forward
In this our last session, I shared thoughts from Matthew 13, the parable of the wheat and the tares, as a framework for understanding our times. Why do we see so many negative things happening on earth if God's…
The Naked Emperor
Once upon a time, in a city called Copenhagen, there lived a story teller named Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75). His many tales, including The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Pea, The Snow Queen, The Ice Maiden…
Don’t be a fool
Here’s a verse to ponder for this coming Sunday, April first: ‘The fool has said in his heart, there is no God’ –Psalm 14:1. The psalmist’s wasn’t trying to offend or denigrate. Rather, he described a dangerous condition with real…
Recovering faith, hope and vision
In this second-to-last session, we covered the second part of 'Living as People of Hope', in which I present ten imperatives for God's people to recover faith, hope and vision for Europe. As I have been having difficulty with transferring…
Let’s be reasonable!
In many European schools and universities these days, believers in God are dismissed as mental dwarfs and intellectual wimps. Yet from ancient times right up to the present, many of history’s greatest and most influential minds have wrestled with the…
