Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” John 20:21-23 Why exactly I chose to have these three verses …
I’ve got a Church History exam in a few weeks’ time. Each time it gets towards the end of semester when I should start studying for an exam, I find these are the times when I become really interested in looking on the college’s website to see what subjects I could study next semester. Should …
This week I happened to witness a street preacher at a train station near my workplace. Even as a Christian it’s hard to know how to respond to this. Culturally we’re not used to people expounding Biblical truths in public. Theologically, the guy sounded fine. It wasn’t wacky ideas he was declaring. What I could …
After struggling through Greek in the first half of the year, on a friend’s wise advice I made the switch to doing a history subject for the latter half of the year. Good decision. A lot easier to study for and, for me personally, feels a lot more relevant to God’s future plans for me. …