I got a lovely poem off a friend’s facebook wall.

It was from this book:-

If they are cruel, be kind.
If they are mean, don’t mind.
If they reject, don’t fret.
If they insult, forget.
If they exclude, love …

 I read this a few weeks back…

Christians ‘….do this, not within an isolated or withdrawn religious subculture, not simply to create an idealised spiritual country club for their own benefit, but rather in the world as it is and …

I’ll be honest- I haven’t finished the book. It will make it’s way with me on holiday, where it will fight for ascendency with my pulpy Bernard Cornwell book (what can go wrong with a book dealing with senseless …

When he gets to the overarching storyline of the Bible (I happen to think there are several). He talks about the traditional view…eden…fall….condemnation, then either salvation/damnation.

This is only a summary but it is a dominant way to …

The  first part of the book (p1-214) has took me ages! This is why I cannot understand some reviewers who are able to dismiss it in one, terse, angry paragraph. It is worth dwelling on this as it is full …