Some years ago one of our standard booklets on Spiritualism went out of print. It has been replaced with the booklet “Can we Communicate with the Dead?”, written to combat some of the more unusual ideas which circulate in society today. Considering ideas on the occult, contemporary spiritualism and biblical passages the booklet explains the […]
As his ministry reached its climax, our Lord confronted the religious leaders in Jerusalem. In Matthew 23 he calls them “hypocrites”, “blind guides” and “children of hell”. He says they concentrate on outward appearances “but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence” (23:25). His words stirred their hatred of him, which was already evident […]
As reported in the news recently, the Kingdom of Tonga has once again experienced volcanic activity (undersea) in the area, but this time the volcanic eruption and resultant tsunami was significant – Saturday 15 January, late afternoon. There was much flooding on the northern coastal margin of the mainland (swamped residential areas) and some of […]
January 2, 2022 The world’s leading nuclear-weapons states — China, France, Russia, the U.S. and U.K. — banded together on Monday to issue a rare joint statement pledging to dial down the risk that an unwinnable nuclear war might ever break out. “We affirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be […]
At the end of 2021 Iran’s reinvigorated space programme showed off a new rocket launch, sending a message to western powers in negotiations with Tehran over the future of its nuclear programme. State television showed what it said was the successful launch of a Simorgh (which translates as Phoenix) rocket, carrying three satellites. It took […]
In the beautiful country where this posting was made ready to be published, we do not seem to get many people in the planes interested in our faith. But after several years of low-scale activity, the tempo has picked up. In 2019 we reported on the baptism of 2 Iranians (husband and wife), who subsequently […]
Stepping Toes 