Last week I read The Prodigal God by Tim Keller. It is his exposition of the famous story of the Prodigal Son, one of the best known parables of Jesus. To get the significance of the title, you need to remember that prodigal means recklessly extravagant, and not just someone who wanders off the path. The [...]
Entries from October 2009
October 21, 2009
Traveling East and a Silver Wedding anniversary
Yesterday Pauline and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary: in Bangkok. I don’t think anyone would have predicted that location 25 years ago. We wouldn’t have predicted it 2 weeks ago.
Last weekend our daughter who is working for the year in SE Asia developed acute appendicitis and had to be flown to Bangkok for surgery. [...]
October 9, 2009
Christian Union at Coleraine University
Last night I spoke at the Christian Union on the Coleraine campus of the University of Ulster. I used to be part of the CU in Coleraine some 30 years ago.
They asked me to speak on the question of whether the Bible is gospel or garbage. No doubt it’s a slightly shocking title to some [...]
October 1, 2009
Another win for Everton
Good win for Everton – 5 out of 5 now and this with 10 members of the squad unavailable.
BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | BATE 1-2 Everton
October 1, 2009
Switzerland
This week Pauline and I are back in Switzerland. We are guests of the Evangelical Baptist Church of Geneva who have invited us to be with them for their church weekend. The weekend takes place in a hotel in the mountain resort of Leysin (the picture is a Photobooth shot from our balcony which looks [...]
