“CT Studd Cricketer and Pioneer” by Norman P Grubb (son-in-law of C.T.Studd) was a book I read in my youth and it had a profound effect on me. So profound in fact that a lot of the angst I experience in the years between then and now was due to my not following the example this amazing man had left us.

The Gospel is the probably the most important subject amidst many. Christian Zionism is one of the most contentious subjects around today, dividing Christians of the sound, earnest, awake ilk, more than most that I can think of. When a respected Christian friend, who loves the Lord, shared a link to a video with the titled “Hank Hanegraaff: A Gospel Response to Christian Zionism” my curiosity was naturally aroused and I knew I had to dig deeper.

A grumpy nerd’s take on 2024’s Southend local election results

“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.  Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand” Revelation 1:1-3.

Chapter 47: Bible Prophecy and Current Events

Chapter 52: Israel – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

I have been travelling to India on a regular (often annual) basis ever since my first visit there in 1983. It was there I met Jolly, my wife. Besides visiting old friends and engaging in various activities, there was the added incentive to visit our extended family and wide circle of friends. We even had a family home built in God’s own country (Kerala) (near Trivandrum city) where we usually stayed. At best, and given we are often on the road when visiting, our maximum stay was three weeks in any one year.

Southend Local Elections – May 2^nd 2024

It is quite likely that this will be my last blog for three months!

In this latest draft chapter of “Priests of the Bible”, we turn our attention to the Aaronic Priesthood.