We knew it was coming but now we know, even if surprised by the timing – the UK will be holding a General Election on 04 July 2024. The announcement comes soon after the recent local elections where the Tories (in power) did predictably badly (see here).

“Priests of the Bible” by John R.Barber (ISBN 978-0-9537306-5-0) was uploaded on to Ingram today! It has taken over two years to produce and after meticulous research and careful proof reading and type setting, it is about to become available to potentially anyone, anywhere who wants to have a copy. It is likely my last hurrah writing project and is my chance to share what the Lord has laid on my heart over 70 years concerning subjects of immense importance and those which I feel serious seekers after God will find helpful.

I can’t recall all the different happenings that got me thinking on these lines, but I was “in church” recently, seated in my “pew” 15 minutes before the service begun, doing what good Christians are supposed to do to get/be in the right mind frame/spirit, such as meditating on some portion of the Bible.

“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.