My son asked a question about spiritual warfare when we were walking past a shuttered up shop in Tel Aviv. I suggested we need to think about the attacks of the enemy in three categories, using paint vandalism of a shop front as an illustration: I find this a helpful way to think about spiritual…
“The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.” 1 John 3:8 ESV The word for “destroy” is “λύω,” the first verb you learn if you study classical Greek. In old textbooks it’s translated as “to loose,” as in to “untie an animal” or “unchain a prisoner” so they…
I am in Hanoi. As a Sinophile (and, by extension, an Asiaphile who has travelled extensively in this part of the world) I am surprised at how much I am not enjoying the experience. I am weary. I feel I’ve been here scores of times before. It has been a shock to discover that 54…
My father died when I was 9 years old and he was just short of 56. Although my life took a very different path to his, something about the age of his passing remained with me as a significant mark on the horizon. It is hard to determine what that milestone meant for me: I…
Comment on this article on LinkedIn Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is not a new topic. The term “affirmative action” was introduced in 1961 in Executive Order 10925 [1] issued by President John F Kennedy which required government contractors to ensure that employment decisions were made without regard to race, creed, colour or national origin. …
In Greek (the language in which the New Testament was written), “Jesus Christ” is “Ἰησοῦς Χριστός” (Iēsous Khrīstos). The initial letters (Ι & Χ) are transcribed in the Roman alphabet as I X. Together those letters represent the number 9. In Chinese, the number 9 (九, jiǔ) represents both “eternal” (the homophone 久, jiǔ) and,…