“Don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up” said the great English author G K Chesterton. Playing on the fence in a constant attempt to stretch the boundaries or eventually break the boundaries that were designed to protect us has been part of human nature from the beginning. Most people naturally resent......

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection” says Thomas Paine.  One of the tragedies of our times is that w......

“There is no fact as evident and no subject so important as that of sin, which is as old as man, nay, older still, since it originated in the mind of Satan before the creation of man…A right concept of sin is therefore imperative for if man errs here, he errs everywhere” says Herbert Lockyer. However, we live in an age and time......

“The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds” says R.D. Laing. I had to read it twice before it made sense to me, I will not be surprised if some of yo......

“The North American church has largely conceded its unique calling by relinquishing traditional church functions and adopting modern methods. As a result, the church's role in spiritual formation, leadership, worship, and other essential functions has become barely distinguishable from other societal institutions” says David E Fitch. To......