To the Cross



I can't believe that anyone can watch this amazing machine fitted within a cell and come to a conclusion other than it has been thought about, designed and made. The designer? No other than the creator of the universe: Our Father God!  "I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made, your works are wonderful, I know that full well!" (Psalm 139)

“As we celebrate the Jubilee of our justly popular monarch, we have an opportunity to ask some wider questions in the spirit of Jubilee, to pause, look back and ask where we are as a nation, and where we are going. “Promiscuity, separation and divorce have reached epidemic proportions in our society. Perhaps, then, we shouldn’t be surprised that depression and the prescription of anti-depressants has reached a similarly epidemic level. “Literally millions of children grow up without knowing a stable, loving, secure family life - and that is not to count the hundreds of thousands more who don’t even make it out of the womb each year." Bishop Richard Chartre June 2012

When the Darwin sign with a fish that was growing legs came out I thought it was quite humorous.  This 'evolved' sign to me beats the original hands down! Hope my Darwinist Friends are not too offended! LOL

  "The only conclusion one can make is that this by no means can be considered as legend. Indeed this creed is an eyewitness account of the death and resurrection of Jesus. This eye witness creed dates back to with a couple of years of Jesus' resurrection!"  The above is how I concluded  my last post.  Having shown beyond reasonable doubt that Jesus' Apostles clearly taught that Jesus had died on the cross and risen from the dead, the only lingering doubt is whether they were telling the truth. Clearly the Apostles knew the truth about whether Jesus did in fact die and rise again - they should have known - they were there! The Apostles were teaching about the resurrection of Jesus only a few days after he had died.  All of a sudden Peter (who was so frightened of the authorities that he three times denied he knew Jesus) was preaching with authority (and indeed to the authorities!) that he was risen! But what if...

I have often referred to a jigsaw that builds a picture of the truth of who Jesus really is.  My jigsaw has at least a 1,000 pieces.  One piece of jigsaw in its own right could be very powerful in its revelation but will never be as powerful as the bigger picture.  Here is one of those powerfully revealing pieces of jigsaw: "Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you have received and on which you have taken your stand.  By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance :   that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the twelve. After that he appeared to more than 500 of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though som...

"If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9 What does it mean to confess that Jesus is Lord? Surely in declaring Jesus as your Lord you are submitting your life into His hands. You are saying that you will do anything that Jesus asks. You are asking Jesus to rule, to reign over EVERY aspect of your life. It means that you have decided to follow Jesus in ALL of his ways .  Such a confession means that you repent of (turn away from) all the stuff that you have been doing that God's Word declares you shouldn't do. It means that you have chosen to be 'Holy' - set apart from all worldy acts and values and desires. When we confess 'Jesus is Lord' we are acknowledgeing our wrong doing before Him and asking Him by the power of the Holy Spirit to change us. Some of that change takes a life time (that is sanctification) but the desire...

Archeaological discoveries are often able to go some way to confirm or contradict truth claims. There has been some fascinating discoveries over the years that at least point to the historicity of Jesus and inform our thinking on the accuracy of the Gospels. The picture here is that of an inscription to Pontious Pilate. The inscription not only confirms the historicity of Pilate, it clarifies the title that he bore as governor. It is now on display in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. If a piece of ancient writing is historically accurate you would of course expect that archaeology would support what has been written. By means of contrast, it is worth thinking about the claims of the Book of Mormon. There has never been any archaeology discoveries that confirm: Book of Mormon cities, places, nation or name Book of Mormon people Book of Mormon artifacts Book of Mormon inscriptions There is no evidence whatsoever to support the Mormon claim that Jesus made a physical appearance to walk th...

Archeaology time and time again has shown the accuracy of the New Testament: For example in John 5: 1- 15 we hear that Jesus healed a man by the Pool at Bethsaida. In John's account it describes the pool as having five colonaided porches (porticoes). For many years people argued that John was inaccurate in his recording because no such pool had been found in Bethsaida. More recently however archaologists have discovered this pool which has 'yes you guessed it' five porticoes! For me one of the most interesting discoveries was that of the dead sea scrolls. Lee Strobel in his book: 'The Case For Christ' explains: "The gospel of Matthew describes how John the Baptist, imprisoned and wrestling with lingering doubts about Jesus' identity, sent his followers to ask Jesus this monumental question: 'Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?' (Matt. 11.3). He was seeking a straight answer about whether Jesus was the long awaited Mes...

The greatest challenge that I have received on my blog was by an anonimous person who responded to one of my posts about abortion. He asked if I was on the adoption register. It certainly made me think. Statistics show that there are around 4,000 children waiting to be adopted in the UK at any one time. I do believe that (although not every Christian family is called to adopt a child) it is certainly something that more Christian families should consider.

Morality itself, in the truest sense (what is right and just), can not exist without someone who has absolute authority to declare what is right and just. Since everyone falls short of the absolute moral standard (who has ever kept the 10 commandments?) no person can claim to have that absolute authority! This authority belongs to the Author of Life alone!

'He is a compulsive liar and compulsive thief, who has no sense of remorse whatsoever!' A judgement poured out by the angry authoritiies on someone whose wayward ways had caused havoc in a particular organisation. And in many ways I could not disagree with their verdict and fully understood their anger. But what if the ones giving this verdict had in an earlier discussion agreed that effectively all we are is a product of an accident of colliding molecules. How justified would their anger at this man be? How justified their judgement? How can a conglemerate of molecules lie? After all if I angrily shouted 'YOU LIAR!' at a chair that on the face of it looked quite stable and therefore promised to hold me but collapsed on my sitting upon it, then you could quite reasonably call me stupid. Things (a table, a chair, a set of atoms or molecules)can not lie! For anyone to be convicted of a crime the presence of 'mens rea' (a guilty mind) has to be proven. It is the ...

When I look at the blood All I see is love, love, love. When I stop at the cross I can see the love of God But I can't see competition I can't see hierachy I can't see pride or prejudice or the abuse of authority I can't see lust for power I can't see manipulation I can't see rage or anger or selfish ambition But I can't see unforgiveness I can't see hate or envy I can't see stupid fighting or bitterness,or jealousy. I can't see empire building I can't see self importance I can't see back stabbing Or vanity or arrogance. I see: surrender, sacrifice, salvation, humility, righteousness, faithfulness, grace, forgiveness Love Love Love........ When I Stop!....at the cross I can see the love of God. Godfrey Birtill 2004 © Whitefield Music UK Admin Copycare