Snakes alive! I’m nearly seventy-five; I’ll soon be gone, It won’t be long. The year I was born, in ’44, We’d just done won the war; Rule Britannia we sang wi’ lust, An under wur breath, the Gerries we’d cuss. Our hearts were filled wi’ wonderful glee, Now we can live and be really free; …
Tag: Freedom
Freedom Come & Freedom Go!
"The English Church shall be free and shall have its rights undiminished, and its liberties unimpaired." So says the very clause of the Magna Carta, the "great charter" signed by King John and the Barons of England on 15 June 1215. Only four of the Magna Carta's 63 clauses have remained a part of English …
Home-born Slaves!
I've talked to a lot of people in a lot of places in my travels. A guy in Ocho Rios, in Jamaica, collared me one day. He asked if I thought that what we, the Brits, that is, had done to Jamaicans in the past was wrong. He was taken aback when I agreed with …
Slavery! (That Was Then, Not Now)
I was preaching a short time ago in the city of Nottingham in England, here in the United Kingdom. A man who obviously disagreed with the Bible but had a more than usual knowledge of the Scriptures questioned me. He finished by saying, "I suppose then you agree with slavery as well," quoting a verse …
Notes on Daniel! (5)
“Daring to be like Daniel” The way, the truth and the life!The Courage of Faith – (Chapter 1 Verses 8-21) As the young Daniel makes this courageous stance we might as the question, what's wrong with the food and drink of Babylon? Do we all need to be vegetarians, vegans and teetotallers? Doubtless amongst the Jewish community …
Notes on the Exodus! (131)
“Exposing the Exodus” The way, the truth and the life!The God of Glory! – (Chapter 15 Verses 15-1-22) A glorious song of praise is offered up to God for this mighty deliverance. And for God's judgment upon Israel's and God's enemies. "The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of …
Notes on Christian Warfare! (31)
“Fighting the Good Fight” The way, the truth and the life!The Conflict is a Spiritual One – (Ephesians Chapter 6 Verse 18) We are thus instructed, "praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit" (v18). That is with the help of the third Person of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Spirit. "Likewise the Spirit also …
