Praising God in Devon

Dearest friends, When we think of Jesus as King I often wonder if we are missing a great deal of His teaching.  Jesus told us time and time again that He wasn’t the King that the Jewish people were expecting – coming with horses and chariots to free them from the rule of the Romans. He entered Jerusalem in triumph on Palm Sunday not with horses and chariots – but on the back of a donkey.  So why then do…

Dearest friends, War is just about the worst thing that we humans practice on each other. The moment we declare war on each other the rules of decent human love go out the window.  We dress this up by saying there are rules of war, that you can do this – but you can’t do that. You can arrest a soldier but you mustn’t mistreat him. It’s of little comfort when the aim appears to be to kill as many…

Dearest friends, Why do we pray for the dead? Some will tell you that praying for the dead is simply an exercise in futility. The person you are praying for is already dead, they’ve lived their life and presumably made their own decisions about that life, their actions and most importantly – their faith in Jesus Christ. What more can we do now they are gone? The simple truth is that we know God is merciful. In multiple parts of…