The Word to the World
The Proclaimers famously sang that they would walk five hundred miles, and possibly five hundred more, just for the accolade of being “the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door.” But would they walk 13,910 miles? Late last year, a
I think it’s fair to say that we live in a world in which atheism has become increasingly militant. This is at least true online. Militant atheists are perhaps rarer in the streets than on social media and other digital platforms. Still, when we encounter
“Trust God and keep your powder dry” is a phrase originally attributed to Oliver Cromwell, although it first appears in written form in a poem by Lieutenant-Colonel William Blacker, entitled “Oliver’s Advice.” The words are lifted from one stanza from that poem: The Pow’r that
As we are learning in our study of the book of Proverbs, Solomon, concerned to prepare his son(s) for the life of a royal, sought to impart godly wisdom. As future rulers of God’s people, Solomon wanted them to rule well. This would require a