KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

The danger today is that the gospel is being truncated by the most ardent supporters of orthodox Christianity. They are fearful of heresy but do not realise their own.

Not to realise and establish the rule of God's Kingdom in the here and now reminds us of those who 'dilgently search the Scriptures' to discover the Truth, only not to recognise the Resurrected Messiah walking in the midst of His Church.

'.... and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life.....'

SOCIAL NETWORKS AND GOOD LITERATURE

There must be restraint of the 'ordinary unintellectual mind from making a public nuisance of his private opinions'.

Professor of English Literature at Cambridge 1913.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Those who desecrate humanity, be it mental, physical or spiritual, are themselves less than human and should not be accorded rights of their own.

KNIFE-EDGE

We are known as the Me-generation rather than the We-generation. Woe betide us if we fail to make the change. The future hangs on a knife-edge. Let us hope that the 'tipping point' will drive us into each other's arms rather than over the cliff to self-destruction.

PATTERN AND PROMISE

The Scriptures set out the covenant promises of God to renew all of creation, realised in bud in the Messiah and continuing in His redeemed people as they follow His pattern of how that recreation should be.

It is a mystery but 'The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, and He will show them His covenant.

GOD'S GOOD NEWS

Spreading the Gospel is all about telling a story, the triune God's story of His salvation of His creation. All men love a story and can readily relate to it. It is not threatening and should not be. God has come in kindness not condemnation.

He has come to us in a Person whose life and deeds have rescued us. His people must mirror Him, by giving Him praises and by our wise rule of His creation.

NARRATIVE OF LIFE

Evolution by Natural Selection is all about where we came from but tells us little about who we are, why we are here and where we are going.

Philosophy is bound up with present reality, seeking a meaning in it.

The two seldom meet in a coherent story.

Only the Biblical narrative gives true lucidity and meaning to life. A Creator God who sculptured man in His image to rule over creation and bring its praises to God. A relationship immersed in mutual delight.
Proverbs 8

Through disobedience man chose self-rule, forfeiting his destiny of an everlasting life pleasing to God. Through grace God reinstated man through the atoning Death and Resurrection of His Messiah, giving life to all who recognise Him.

Men who have this life are being renewed in the image of God's true Man, living as royal priests who mirror the rule and glory of God to all, soon to be lived out in a gloriously renewed creation

Heaven come down to earth, hidden now but to be revealed in its fulness. The greatest love story ever told.

WINDOWS AND STORIES

Stained-glass windows often tell a story. Christ, in the midst of God's glorious cosmos, is God's stained-glass window. When the sun shines through, it's beauty is revealed, sending multi-coloured beams into darkened recesses. There is always more to see. It remains a mystery only to those who close their hearts to it.

God has called His sons to be the sun for others.

THE WORLD

Christians need to reclaim the cosmos as God's creation, and to proclaim His creation of a new one.

DESTINY

Love is not a duty, it is our destiny, the language and music of heaven.

Tom Wright