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The Unconditional Love of God

by Colin Dexter




We asked the question – where in the Bible would you take someone to demonstrate the unconditional love of God. I think the conclusion was just about anywhere. God is love and the Bible is a book demonstrating persistent love to humans and the love shown is always unconditional. Blessings might come with a caveat but the love is , to use a biblical word, everlasting.

Tyndale burned for translating the Bible

by Colin Dexter

On October 6, 1536, William Tyndale was strangled and burned at the stake for translating the Scriptures into English for the common man. He was accused of heresy and given an opportunity to recant, but used his last words to pray with a loud voice, “Lord, open the King of England’s eyes!”

Within four years of his death, several English translations of the Bible were published in England at the King’s request, all based on Tyndale’s work.

22yr old sentenced to death in Pakistan. Why?

by Colin Dexter

In Pakistan, Christians face constant danger for their faith. It’s easy for false accusations to lead to death sentences. After the case of Asia Bibi, we are now facing another terrible situation where Ehsan Shan, a 22-year-old, has been arrested and sentenced to death.

Imagine being sentenced to death for sharing a TikTok post. 

That’s the horrifying reality for 22-year-old Ehsan Shan, a Pakistani Christian, who now faces execution for daring to share an image of a damaged Quran online.

But Ehsan’s story doesn’t have to end this way. 

The Rt Hon David Lammy MP, as the UK’s Foreign Secretary, has the power to intervene. He can raise this case on the global stage, apply diplomatic pressure, and advocate for Ehsan’s life. With enough international outcry, we can stop this injustice.

https://www.citizengo.org/en-gb

https://www.citizengo.org/en-gb/fr/14040-help-save-ehsan-shan–a-christian-persecuted-in-pakistan-and-unjustly-condemned-to-death-

Joni on what it means to follow Jesus

by Colin Dexter

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321course Speak Life

by Colin Dexter

https://321.speaklife.org.uk/course/321?msg=signup

321 is a course that invites you to see life the way Jesus does.
Inspired by Jesus’ vision of reality, 321 is designed to help you think about God, the world and yourself through immersive videos and thoughtful illustrations.

Bible Project Ruth

by Colin Dexter

https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/ruth

BIBLE PROJECT Ecclesiastes What is life?

by Colin Dexter

PLANT MYSTERY

by Colin Dexter

Flowering plants appeared on Earth relatively recently on a geological timescale, then swiftly diversified in an explosion of colour, shape and form.

“In the fossil record they appear very suddenly in the Cretaceous, , and they appear in considerable diversity,” (in keeping with what its says in Genesis 1 )

Darwin was deeply bothered by how flowering plants conquered the world seemingly in the blink of an eye, This problem preyed his mind in his final months.”

So we ask an evolutionary biologist. IS THE MYSTERY SOLVED?

In short, no. “One hundred and forty years later, the mystery’s still unsolved,”

UNANSWERED PRAYER

by Colin Dexter

For everyone who has prayed sometime in their life this must be part of their experience of praying

Listen to session 5 of the prayer course on this topic

https://prayercourse.org/session/unanswered-prayer/

Wednesday 7.30pm online with Zoom to discuss wthe others

Use contact form for link

NORTH KOREA

by Colin Dexter

North Korea often makes headlines these days for its human rights abuses, nuclear proliferation, and persecution of Christians. The news tends to portray the North as an ‘Axis of Evil’, but there is much more to this country and the divided Korean peninsula. The church is alive and well in North Korea, but hidden, impoverished, and persecuted. The prayer for many years has been for reunification of the two Koreas. What would this look like, and what would it mean for the Korean church, and the global church?

(Lausanne Global Classroom)