Category: Thoughts

Christmas is rapidly approaching! Large amounts of money are being spent on decorations, food, drink and, perhaps most of all, presents. When the Magi brought their gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh to the baby Jesus, these were not totally random gifts. Christians regard them as being symbolic of particular aspects of Jesus’ position as the Son of God.  GOLD...

“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (NIV, 1 Timothy 1:15) There are many Bible verses that people are reminded of as we approach Christmas; the one quoted above is possibly in the minority. The Apostle Paul who wrote this had no doubt that we all need a saviour (classifying himself in this verse as “the worst” of...

On Friday, UK MPs voted in favour of accepting an Assisted Dying Bill which intends to allow those in England and Wales deemed to be terminally ill and with less than six months to live to receive help to kill themselves. There are emotive arguments on both sides of the debate, for and against. The majority of Christians (including those...

How much would you pay for a banana attached to a wall with a piece of duck-tape? $6.2m (£4.9m)?! That is what someone paid in a Sotheby’s auction in New York last week (https://www.sothebys.com). The artwork, called ‘Comedian’, comes with instructions on how to replace the banana whenever it rots so, even though it was originally created by Maurizio Cattelan...