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The economy in Britain is doing quite well. We have spent the last few years at a growth rate of about 1 per cent. That's not excellent but it's not a recession. There is no shortage of people who can afford a car. Most of the problems that we have with parking restrictions or with traffic jams come with having too many cars on the road. I am 59 and can remember clearly back to 1971. When I was a child, half the people we knew had a phone and...

We might try to get right with God by obeying his commands. This would prove difficult. No human being has ever gone through the whole of their lives without breaking any of God's commands. If you break only one of them, you have become a law breaker. If you don't commit murder but do commit adultery, you have broken God's laws. James 2:9,10. We think that God's laws are right in our minds but putting them into practice is another matter. We...

Many people believe in a Heaven but not in a Hell. This would require God to have a trivial attitude to sin. One writer said that he thought that God viewed our mischievous acts as he viewed the antics of his young kitten. Jesus said we would have to give an account for every careless word we had ever spoken. Matthew 12:36. God doesn't see our bullying, our gossip or our racist insults as being amusing. These are all very serious to him. Some...

Ever since I was a young Christian I have been taught that there are no alien planets mentioned in the Bible and therefore they don't exist. It would be strange for the Bible to omit something that was of such huge importance. We are told to evangelise all nations of the world but not to evangelise other planets. Neither would Christians simply accept that aliens have their own religion. Salvation is found not in religion but in personal faith...

Does God have a plan for our lives? What about times of disaster? If there is a God and he has a perfect plan for our lives, why do things sometimes go horribly wrong? God is still there pulling the threads together into what will eventually be a beautiful pattern, even though everything is entangled and it may seem like a complete mess. God looked after Elijah during a famine. Elijah declared to King Ahab that there would be no rain for 3 years...

The Bible tells us not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought to. Romans 12:3-8. There is nothing we can do to impress God. Anything good that we have in ourselves has come from him. If I am a good writer or a good preacher I must realise that God has given me those abilities. I may say that writing Christian articles on websites and preaching is my ministry but I must remember that all Christians have a ministry. The Bible says that we...

There are only two ways people can try and get to Heaven. One is to obey all of God's commands without breaking a single one of them. The other is to trust in Jesus. If we were capable of obeying all of God's commands the Bible would be different. In the book of Acts some people had become Christians who weren't Jews. A group of Jews wanted these gentile believes to be circumcised and to obey the laws of Moses. Acts 15:1-12. The Apostle Paul...

A new kind of church is coming. A church that can meet anywhere, homes, cafes, or even surfing together by the sea. A church that has no pastors or preachers. A church that is based on the first churches in the Bible with less emphasis on preaching and a greater sense of the miraculous. The first churches met in people's homes. Acts 2:46,47. They continued daily in the temple and breaking bread from house to house. The first Christians were all...

In Britain the government are getting angry with people who use illegal TV firesticks which plug into the back of a TV and give you access to subscription programmes without having to pay. One or two sellers of these sticks have been sent to prison. But the full danger has not been understood. I must warn you very strongly. If you use these devices it will become impossible for broadcasters to make any money from their subscriptions. In 40 years...

What does it mean for Jesus to be the Messiah? The Messiah is the way to God. Jesus said, "I am the Way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me." The one who came from Heaven to take us back to Heaven. Jesus said, "In my father's house are many rooms. I go to prepare a place for you. If I go to prepare a place for you I will come back to take you there." John 14:1-6. The Messiah is the mediator between God and man,...