by hosting | Jun 28, 2022 | Treasury
Does one go up or down to London? From South Wales I always considered I went up geographically from Swansea to Paddington but to say I’ve come down from Chester to Euston feels condescending. It’s too big a place for that isn’t it? Stepping out of the station the...
by hosting | Apr 27, 2022 | Treasury
The ‘death’ of Elijah is pretty extraordinary. The death of Elisha is not. Truth be told, Elijah’s ‘death’ wasn’t even really a death. The postmortem in 2 Kings 2:11 reads: As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire...
by hosting | Feb 28, 2022 | Treasury
This morning Steff Morris was leading the PCW worker’s online devotions. The passage was Mark chapter 7 which tells the macabre story of the murder of John the Baptist. As we read I was surprised again at quite how close Herod seemed to come to faith. We read that,...
by hosting | Jan 31, 2022 | Treasury
To the tune: ‘O My Darling, Clementine’ Beasts of England, beasts of IrelandBeasts of every land and climeHearken to my joyful tidingsOf the golden future time Soon or late the day is comingTyrant Man shall be o’erthrownAnd the fruitful fields of EnglandShall be...
by hosting | Jan 14, 2022 | Treasury
I met a man yesterday who told me he had become a Christian over Christmas. His brother was a Christian, his other brother a minister. I can only imagine that they were overjoyed to hear him profess faith after so many years. But then he told me that these are the end...
by hosting | Jan 6, 2022 | Treasury
noun, rai·son d’ê·trereason or justification for being or existence Are there any people in the world worse than Christians for losing sight of their raison d’être? Consider the prime ministers, the sportsmen, the entrepreneurs. They all have a raison d’être and...