Not only were their roots deeper but they were also in the right place.

What I saw reminded me of verse four in Philippians 1, where we are reminded of the importance of avoiding selfishness.

As I state at the start of the video you would, quite literally, have to be from another planet to not know what is happening currently in the wider Middle East area.

You hear so much these days about people being offended and, although we should never set out to intentionally cause offence for the sake of it, if our views and opinions rub others up the wrong way then that’s their issue and not ours.

In Nehemiah 3:28, they built the wall in front of their own home first. Good psychology and good personal responsibility.

There is a well-known quote that is often accredited to CS Lewis but actually belongs to Charles Marshall.

There are often times in our life when we need to see change quickly. It might be a health situation, a financial circumstance or perhaps something emotional.

Whether short-term, long-term or somewhere in between, we all have times in our life when we come up against fear of some description.

I retired from formal work on December 22 last year and, leaving my place of employment, I haven’t looked back once. There’s a short introduction at the start of this week’s Wednesday Words of Wisdom message which highlights that. After the conversation, the following from the Bible came to mind. “Forget the former things;    do not…

The illustrations come from the world of football and, in particular, recent results involving Bradford City and Leeds United.