About a year ago I moved back to London with ‘tourist eyes’. When you have been somewhere else for a period of time and then come back to space that was previously occupied, you become aware of the detail that you have taken for granted.
In multicultural London you can find a buffet of churches with specific national flavours, you can pick and choose what suits you. As a result, many have formed a mixed race religion, containing a bit of truth and a bit of tradition.
David and Jonathan's relationship was birthed out of wars between the Philistines and Israel. After David killed Goliath, the bible said that 'the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.' - 1 Samuel 18:1.
Koinonia should not be looked at as a warm fuzzy term for bringing people together. For a true understanding of the Greek word Koinonia there needs to be a shared understanding of God’s will.
What does a letter, an email and social media have in common? Conversation. Yes, conversation.
Believers everywhere have to be reminded that they have been translated from the Kingdom of Darkness into the Kingdom of light.
Matthew 7:13 echo the simple words spoken by the Messiah over two thousand years ago. These words remind humanity that there are two directions for life. These paths characterise on the one hand relativism and the other absolutism.
