AN ENDURING HAPPINESS

Often we hear that happiness comes from doing things our own way. That, however, is not true. That philosophy leads only to emptiness, anxiety, and heartache. Poet W.H. Auden observed people as they attempted to find an escape in pleasures. He wrote of such people : “Lost in a haunted wood, / Children afraid of

BABY FOOD

Have you ever tasted baby food ? It’s gross! But, as they don’t have teeth, babies don’t have much choice! Some Christians are happy to just stick with spiritual baby food. They keep going over and over the simple truths of the Bible without ever looking to move beyond the basics of the gospel. By

TAKING THE MEDICINE

Imagine being rushed to hospital where a doctor checks you over and tells you that you’re critically ill. He says you’ll die unless you have the right treatment. He then prescribes some medicines and says, “If you take this, I can tell you with total certainty that you will get well.” Now, what would you

DAVID’S SELF CONTROL

The relationship between David and King Saul is one of the strangest and most explosive in the Bible. David rescued Saul a few times (as a harp player and as a soldier), he was the best friend of the king’s son and he had married the King’s daughter. Now, doesn’t it make us think that

WHISPERS

Under the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London is called the Whispering Gallery. I found the reason for its name online: “the name comes from the fact that a person who whispers facing the wall on one side can be clearly heard on the other, since the sound is carried perfectly around the vast

CREATE A LOVING COMMUNITY

In ancient times, a city with broken walls was a very bad thing. It meant that the people living there were totally helpless and unprotected. An enemy army could invade at anytime easily. That’s why the Jews rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem. How? By working together, as we read in Nehemiah 3. At first glance,

THE COST OF FIGHTING

YOU DESIRE BUT DO NOT HAVE, SO YOU KILL (JAMES. 4:2) A TV programme on World War I said that it would take seven days to march all of Britain’s casualties from the war past London’s war monument, The Cenotaph. This shocking image would have set the mind of the viewers spinning. Wars always come

THE CROSS

MAY I NEVER BOAST EXCEPT IN THE CROSS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (GALATIANS 6:14) Long before Jesus was born, the cross had been used as a means of torture and death. In 519 BC, for example, King Darius I of Persia crucified 3000 enemies in Babylon. This type of execution was later used by

OUR OBEDIENCE TO GOD

A man named Refuge Rabindranath has been a youth worker in Sri Lanka for more than ten years. He often interacts with the youth late into the night- playing with them, listening to them, counselling and teaching them. He enjoys working with the young people, but it can be disheartening when promising students sometimes walk

COMMON SENSE

One of the most frequent descriptions we hear applied to people is that they possess a great deal of “common sense.” We all know in a vague way what we mean by “common sense.” Let us see what it is in some detail, for it is possible to acquire this admirable character trait. Common sense