Opinion

‘Could you forgive someone who destroyed your life? The world has reason to be grateful to people who, against all the odds, have found a way to forgive.’ WHEN I was in my early 20s — more than 20 years ago — I was involved with an organisation whose mission was to bring in Bibles […]

LESS than 90 years ago, in the year 1918, the world had exhausted itself after four years of a world war that took the lives of more than 15 million people. To rub salt into the wounds of a despairing world, an epidemic of global proportions emerged that year. Like an angry tornado of death, […]

THAT morning must have been cold and drab. Why should it not be? Even the warmest sunshine would not be able to chase away the clouds of gloom or melt away the iciness of a heart that has witnessed the tragic events of not too long ago. What in God’s name could have caused a […]

THE world has been different since Sept 11, 2001. Terrorism has certainly succeeded in putting fear into the hearts of people and nations. The recent murder of three American missionary doctors shot in the head and killed in a hospital in Yemen is despicable. Such cowardly, baseless acts continue without any hope of a let-up. […]

Imagine our world, minus the cross and the empty tomb. What sort of world would that be? The idea of parallel universes has been explored by writers such as the Australian theoretical physicist Paul Davies. In his book Other Worlds, Davies argues for the possible existence of countless parallel universes besides our own. The popular […]

WHEN Joshua and the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into Canaan, the waters parted so they could cross on dry land. Then God told Joshua to have elders from the 12 tribes go back into the river bed, gather 12 stones, bring them back and pile them up on the bank, so that “when your children […]

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” — John 14:27. THE imminent war between the United States and Iraq has created anxiety and fear across the globe. […]

If you are, remember, it is not the answer to your problems. It may offer some temporary relief, but problems cannot be gamed away.   HAVE you been gaming lately? With all the adrenaline pumped up, it is not surprising that you can be glued to the chair and the joystick for countless hours without […]

AJITH FERNANDO, author and Bible teacher, who said he has been grieving a lot about the state of the Evangelical movement in his country, Sri Lanka, shared a message recently with the staff of Youth For Christ in Colombo at their staff devotion. Methodist Message, which obtained a copy of his text, is reproducing it […]

[The Christian religion] teaches men both these truths: that there is a God of whom we are capable, and that a corruption in our nature makes us unworthy of Him. It is equally important for us to know both these points; for it is equally dangerous for man to know God without knowing his own […]

PART 10 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘FAITH TO LIVE BY’ ‘On the third day He rose again’ DURING the closing decades of the 8th century, German historian Hermann Samuel Reimarus wrote a treatise rejecting the Gospel account of the resurrection of Jesus Christ because of its incredulity to reason. Reimarus spoke on behalf […]

YEARS ago, during my army Basic Military Training, we green recruits had to learn the SAF’s Code of Conduct. There are six official statements but we were jokingly taught a seventh unofficial Code, “C.O.C. 7”. It has, since then, stuck in my mind: “Do what you want, but don’t get caught.” It was a big […]