In the build up to the House of Commons debate on whether to bomb Syria, there was the usual frenzied discussion in the media. In the build up to the House of Commons debate on whether to bomb Syria, there was the usual frenzied discussion in the media. The...
“And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.” (Rev 12. 1) “And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet,...
“The people have refused the waters of Shilo’ah that flow gently, and now melt in fear.” (Isaiah 8. 6) “The people have refused the waters of Shilo’ah that flow gently, and now melt in fear.” (Isaiah 8. 6)In refusing to face the gentleness of God, the fragility of the...
Some MPs who voted to bomb Syria may have done so with reluctance or misgivings. Some MPs who voted to bomb Syria may have done so with reluctance or misgivings. Remarks made by George Osborne in the USA, and evidence which has emerged since the vote, may already be...
We have to hope that committing a country’s armed forces to acts of war i We have to hope that committing a country’s armed forces to acts of war is one of the hardest decisions a politician ever has to make and one which makes the greatest demand on...