Below are click onable links to articles I posted on my website since the last time I sent out to my “friends who may be interested” e-distribution list. Feel free to either check out or discard.
I have also begun a new writing project, along with an old friend – details below.
Shalom
John Barber 01/03/2026
Christ in the Psalms (3) – Psalms 16, 45, 69, 110, 118
Green Party Wins Gorton and Denton By-Election
The Genealogy of Jesus and Five Unlikely Women
Rupert Lowe Launches Restore Britain as a Political Party
What have Rees Howells and Donald Trump got in common?
The Best Book to read is the Bible
The Epstein Tsunami, Conspiracy Theories and Pizzagate
Kingdom involvement – my own Christian journey and theological perspectives
Trumpwatch 76 – King Jehu, the Board of Peace, Greenland, Davos and Psalm 2
The Synagogue of Satan; Antisemitism; latest thoughts concerning Israel today
Thoughts on a/the day of “not despising small things” and “faithfulness in little things”
Christians responding to our being called on to take action concerning climate change
C.S. Lewis and “That Hideous Strength”
Observing Philip Yancey’s fall from grace; what lessons can we learn?
Two funerals in a day: Graham Jones and Martin Templeman
2025/26 Ashes Test Cricket (2)
John Barber’s December 2025 blog update and New Year greeting
It’s Not What You Were Told
A dialogue between two friends: John Barber and Paul Barnes.
Synopsis
This Book is an attempt to cover important matters that ordinary Christians ought to be aware off but too often they aren’t, because they haven’t been told or they were told wrongly. Paul and John, now both senior citizens, were converted in their youth and they have been involved in carrying out Christian endeavour throughout that whole period. Whilst having mainly associated with Christians of the Evangelical persuasion, they have mixed widely with those holding a range of views concerning what Christians ought to believe on many different subjects and how they ought to live in today’s world. They have sadly seen what happens when, and too often they do, Christians fall out over some of these matters, and the unwelcome outcome when they get it wrong, including those subjects that are not spoken about despite them being important. Many have been covered under twenty different chapters. They will take it in turns writing a chapter, with the other person responding at the end by way of agreeing, offering different perspectives or even disagreeing. It is envisaged that the book will end up at around 60,000 words and 200 pages. The intention is not to stir up controversy for the sake of it but rather to get people to think and be drawn closer to God.
JRB Publications 