Letter from the Manse (145)

Thought provoking, biblical, often topical but always worth a read!

  • The Lord’s Supper

    Sometimes my children surprise me by their answers to questions. They did yesterday. It started in Sunday-school. The lesson was about the Last Supper - the farewell meal the Lord Jesus ate with his disciples on the night before he was arrested.

  • Hair, Hats and Headship

    A very well-known and experienced pastor warned me many years ago about 1 Corinthians 11. He warned me that there is no passage in the Bible which arouses such passions among evangelical Christians. He told me of his own experience.

  • Time with God

    Do you remember the resolutions you made at this time last year? I would guess that many of us resolved at the beginning of 2015 that every day we would have a “quiet time”. We told ourselves that this would be the year when we at last would establish a…

  • Trendy?

    Do you know what is trendy at the moment? I couldn’t tell you what the autumn’s fashionable clothing colours have been but even I can’t help noticing that it’s been very fashionable in 2015 to have a beard.