There are four major events in the Christian calendar: Christmas, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost. We are all familiar with Christmas, Easter and Pentecost, but the Ascension is another question. Christmas we get, Easter we get, and Pentecost we get, but the Ascension? Is that just for theologians? Does it really matter? The fact is the ascension … Continue reading The Ascension – the forgotten event
Category: Jesus
Christmas, Good Friday & Easter Sunday
A few months ago we celebrated Christmas, the birth of Jesus. It all seems so happy and joyful, full of so much promise, then we arrived at Good Friday and everything seems to be going in the wrong direction. It's like it wasn't meant to end like this. Jesus had gone about doing good, healing … Continue reading Christmas, Good Friday & Easter Sunday
Men from the East means Good News for all – A Story with an Unexpected Twist!
Richard BurgessI love the Christmas story, it is the most amazing story ever enacted in human history. It speaks of God’s great love for a fallen and broken humanity. How, this God, who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit, this loving community of being, brought about our salvation and reconciliation through the incarnation of Jesus, … Continue reading Men from the East means Good News for all – A Story with an Unexpected Twist!
God, gods, or no god – What do you believe, and does it really matter?
Everybody believes in something, whether they are aware of it or not. Every one of us has a world view, a belief system of some sort, thought-out, imposed, or fallen into. And what we believe affects the way we do life. Not only that, what you believe has eternal consequences, repurcussions beyond this life. Therefore … Continue reading God, gods, or no god – What do you believe, and does it really matter?
Headship, the Trinity, and the roles of Men and Women
Is the Trinity a hierarchy of persons and roles? Did God create a world based on hierarchies of authority and submission? Were men created to rule over women? My latest book based on my master's dissertation examines the subject in some detail. It's available across Amazon as an ebook or paperback. https://mybook.to/Headship https://amzn.eu/d/07QJiEOp
The Word 4 Life 