Interview with my friend Julio Abraham the CEO of Derby City Mission. They have been housing 40 homeless people in a hotel on behalf of the government during this Coronavirus lockdown. Its exiting opportunity for him and his team to bless people and be the arms of Jesus to them. We chatted about demonstrating the love of God during this time. Video on Facebook. We also talked about my two books Hope Reborn and Raised With Christ, both of which… Read more
Poor people in Pakistan are starving because of a coronavirus lockdown. Today is my birthday and I was thinking about the many things I have to be grateful in my life. One major thing I am thankful for is I have never spent a single day worried that I would not be able to eat. So I wanted to ask you to consider supporting a charity using a network of in-country volunteers to deliver food packages direct to some of… Read more
In this video I switch places as Rich Johnston asked to interview me. We filmed this about a couple of weeks ago now before lockdown had completely taken effect. Watch the video here or on Facebook Listen to the Podcast Read my story Read more
It is easy to pray for your friends, and for your family. But what about your enemies? And I don’t mean praying down God’s righteous judgement on them! Jesus urges us clearly: “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” (Matt. 5:44) Perhaps you have a difficult boss? Someone cut you up on the road (remember when we could all drive freely?) Or someone who has treated you appallingly. Sometimes our suffering is the direct result of someone else’s… Read more
Today I’d like to share my interview with Keith and Kristyn Getty. We chatted about their new hymn “Christ our Hope in Life and Death” and their hymn singing livestream as a family now they are isolated due to coronavirus. Listen the the Podcast Watch the Getty Family Hymncast Listen to “Christ our Hope in Life and Death” Read more
What is revival? Could God use the current situation to pour out a special blessing on the Church? In this wide ranging interview we talk about the Lewis revival, and an experience I had when I was a child at school. I also recount a time Terry Virgo mentioned feeling something of a touch of revival hearing Lloyd-Jones preach. I hope this interview may stir up in you a hunger for personal spiritual renewal and corporate revival. Watch the Interview… Read more
Western society is probably the worst that has ever existed at dealing with difficult times. This is concerning given that we are currently living through the worst global crisis since the Second World War. No wonder COVID19 is causing panic. Tim Keller explains: “Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity . . . Sociologists and anthropologists have analyzed and compared the various ways that cultures train its… Read more
Suffering will come to us all eventually. Some of us have to wait longer than others before we face really hard life altering painful situations. For some of us what is happening right now in the Coronavirus world-wide crisis is the hardest thing we have ever had to face. Perhaps you are not able to work. Maybe you are experiencing financial difficulties. Maybe a loved one is really sick or has died and you are grieving. But perhaps for you so… Read more
We can visit churches easily now, that is one of the blessings of the current situation. I intend to explore some live services over these weeks of isolation. Today let me share with you an encouraging service from Emmanual Church Brighton. The service includes worship and a sermon by Joel Virgo. Here are my notes from his sermon. Faith on its own is useless. Faith is only useful because of its object. Do you have Jesus? To deal with our… Read more
I went live on Facebook to talk about some practical tips and some science regarding the Coronavirus situation in the UK. I will end this article with some links to other articles discussed in the video. Perhaps the most exciting thing from a medical point of view that I mention in passing is the idea of giving antibodies from people who have recovered from Coronavirus to help treat those who are suffering. I mentioned that there is shortly going to… Read more
