When Ireland was invaded by the Normans in 1169, they had no idea that they would have to endure British rule for the next eight centuries. English laws were soon enacted to strip them of their land as well as of their unique cultural heritage, including their...
"God, I thank you that I am not like other men--robbers, evildoers, adulterers--or even like this tax collector." (Luke 18:11, NIV)When the full impact of the potato blight struck Ireland, the general public opinion in Britain was that the Irish brought this disaster...
The Irish had suffered so much during the famine years when their potato crops, their only available staple, failed. Though millions died, others looked to the horizon with hope in their hearts. Distant lands in far-away countries, lands where there was no famine,...
"Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don't know how to interpret this present time? Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?" (Luke 12:56-57, NIV2)In this series we have found how deadly these...
"But when the Friend comes, the Spirit of the Truth, he will take you by the hand and guide you into all the truth there is." (John 16:13, MSG)"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever - the Spirit of truth. The world...
“This is religion pure and undefiled that you help widows and orphans in their distress.” James 1:27I love Christmas. I haven’t loved every Christmas in my life however. The first Christmas four months after my daughter died in a car accident was a bad one. The...
"Solomon loved the Lord and followed all the instructions of his father, David, except that Solomon, too, offered sacrifices and burned incense at the local altars." 1 Kings 3:3 NLTSeparately, the ingredients would be distasteful, but together, they are sumptuous.Of...