On possibly being a political junkie

by | Jan 14, 2008

Well, am I a political junkie? Certainly, I used to be one. That became apparent to me back during the closing phase of the 1992 US presidential campaign, when I was doing a lot of travel for Friends World Committee for Consultation. One of those trips, just before...

Christ is an unwanted gift for the religious

by | Dec 25, 2007

Romans 1.1-7; Psalm 80.1-8, 18-20; Matthew 1.18 – 25. “Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place this way… to fulfil what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: ‘Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel’, which...

Website launched to compare Qu’ran and Bible

by | Dec 7, 2007

In a move believed to be the first of its kind, Dutch broadcasting companies Radio Netherlands Worldwide and IKON in Hilversum yesterday launched the integral texts of the Bible and the Qu’ran alongside each other on one website. The site appears in Dutch,...

Methodists extend online Bible study experiment

by | Dec 4, 2007

The Methodist Church in Britain has pronounced A Word in Time, the online Bible study for daily life, launched at the beginning of September 2007, “hugely successful”, and is extending the programme to reach a wider audience. Thousands of visitors have...