What have Israel, Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, Truth and Unity got to do with each other and why does tackling this question, I continue to struggle to find the answer to, matter? For my thoughts, read on:

I am a reluctant Baptist for I dislike being associated with any denomination, but for the past ten years I have been a member of a Baptist church that is part of the Grace Baptist set-up (as opposed to the Baptist Union / Baptist Together one, which most Baptist churches in my city belong to) and there are other Baptists too.

When I became a Christian, aged 15, I came under the influence of the Plymouth Brethren (Open section; not too tight, not too progressive). They were a lot into the Bible, and notably end time prophecy, including the Book of Revelation, with a particular angle of relating the prophecies in the Book to current world events.

When I “googled” the word Idolatry, my first hit was “extreme admiration, love, or reverence for something or someone” and that it “is at the root of all sin because sin seeks to steal glory from God, to whom alone it is due, and take it for the sinner”. Let’s run with this as far as this article goes.

What on earth has Telegram, Greenbelt and Christian unity got to do with one another, one may well ask. To find the answer, at least from my sharing of my own personal perspective, then read on …

Just four days ago I posted my “Anthony Norris Groves (1795-1853) – Father of faith missions” article based on a book I had been reading by Robert Dann titled Anthony Norris Groves (1795-1853) – Father of faith missions that had dug deep telling us about the life and times of the man (ANG).

I first came across the Archers in my boyhood and I have been a regular follower, with few breaks, of the world’s longest running soap opera since the late 1970’s. I recently had an experience as a result of posting on the Facebook page that brings together fellow Archer’s followers and it provided a salutary lesson I want to share.

I am not sure how to begin but what I want to say comes as a result of my watching on the wall and warning people concerning what I am seeing (albeit limited) and expecting to happen (also based on what I find in the Bible). It doesn’t make for pleasant reading and when I say what I feel I need to say I expect to get flak from my detractors and get it, as has recently turned out to be the case.

I recently picked up and read the book titled “Father of Faith Missions – The Life and Times of Anthony Norris Groves” by Robert Bernard Dann.

I’d always imagined I would be blogging about the Olympics just past for the simple reason that as a blogger that sometimes, by way of light relief from the some of the heavier stuff I blog about, I like to reflect on major sporting happenings. And there is nothing more major than the Olympic Games.