You know, folks, sometimes a name stays with you after the news has moved on. This week it is Marzieh Ebrahimi Shamsabadi. Many know her as Sevda. She is about 33. She is from Bandar Abbas. An Iranian court has sentenced her to death. Based on information from Instagram and...
You know, folks, I’ve been watching some of the things being said by church leaders lately, and it grieves my heart. The Archbishop of York has welcomed the British government’s measures against Israel’s building in Judea and Samaria—>what the world keeps calling the West Bank—>and he described those measures as...
Coming Up Out of the Wilderness SONG OF SOLOMON 8:5 Leaning upon her Beloved Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? I awakened you under the apple tree. There your mother brought you forth; There she who bore you brought you forth. Song of...
Jesus Himself – The Constant Walk We Long For There are a lot of Christians today who love the Lord, but they would have to admit that they feel far from Him. The joy isn’t what it used to be. Sin keeps coming back around. Life is full. For some...
Where were you twenty-five years ago when those murderous terrorists struck at the heart of the West? I remember it like it was this morning. I was up a ladder painting the outside of a nursing home in Kinghorn, Fife. Just an ordinary Tuesday. Then the news began to come...
Charlie Kirk – The Legacy Still Carries On You know, a year has gone by now since the Lord called Charlie Kirk home. He left a precious wife, Erika, and two little ones, a daughter and a son. And our hearts go out to them. We pray for them. The...
When Tragedy Strikes A word for the one whose world has just fallen in The phone rings. The police are at the door. The hospital calls in the night. Someone you love is gone. And it feels like the ground has given way. If that is where you are, this...
I’ve been thinking a lot about something the Apostle John wrote near the end of his life. He saw some dangerous ideas already creeping into the churches, teachings that used spiritual-sounding language but quietly pulled people away from the real Jesus. And folks, those same kinds of ideas are showing...
A call to biblical faithfulness in uncertain times Folks, something is shifting in Britain, and many of us who love the Lord can feel it in our spirits. It’s not something we enjoy talking about, but we need to look at it honestly in the light of God’s Word. The...
Glasgow, Scotland – August 2026 This morning I was on my way to church when I heard that Sauchiehall Street had been closed off. Three men and a woman were taken to hospital after a stabbing in the early hours. Just the day before, two fellows were caught on video...