Are we getting the message?

I spotted this cute cartoon in local fast food restaurant last week in Birkenhead. It is amazing how a simple sketch can catch your imagination! It gets the message across! I was in no doubt what the message was - put your rubbish in the bin. I didn't need a lot of words, it's simple. Look and learn.

I see life and the message of the bible the same way. The main message is quite simple.




What do you think of when you see this? Do you think of death, finality, fear of the next stage, the end of life? The imagery is not hard to grasp. The bible says "It is appointed unto men once to die, after this....the judgment", Hebrews 9.27.


Most people associate a cross with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The symbolism is clear, a man dying on a cross. There are a lot of questions that this raises if you take the time to stop and think.

Who really was Jesus?
Was his death miscarriage of justice?
Does his death have any real significance in the big scheme of things?
If he never sinned does that mean he was capable of suffering for our sins, to bring us to God?

The answers to these questions, and more, lie in the bible. There is no point in looking elsewhere. The bible is the only communication that God has given to us to answer these questions. I would recommend that you read the following verses for answers. You will get a bible on-line or in most high street book shops. I have quoted the passages below.

Who really was Jesus? John 20:31 says "these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you might have life through his name".

Was his death a miscarriage of justice? The bible says in Acts 2 that Jesus was "a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs" but that the people of the day had taken, and by wicked hands crucified and slain him. In chapter 3 it is stated you "denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted into you". So yes, there was no legal reason to kill the Son of God but his death has provided salvation for those who will repent and trust him.

Does his death have any real significance in the big scheme of things? The bible strenuously states "Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and rose again the third day according to the scriptures", 1 Corinthians 15.3,4. Again in 2 Corinthians 5.19 it says "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses into them".

If Jesus never sinned does that men's he was capable of suffering for our sins, to bring us to God? 1 Peter 3:18 states "For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring is to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit".

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All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.

Location:From Perth, Scotland

Are we getting the message?

I spotted this cute cartoon in local fast food restaurant last week in Birkenhead. It is amazing how a simple sketch can catch your imagination! It gets the message across! I was in no doubt what the message was - put your rubbish in the bin. I didn't need a lot of words, it's simple. Look and learn.

I see life and the message of the bible the same way. The main message is quite simple.




What do you think of when you see this? Do you think of death, finality, fear of the next stage, the end of life? The imagery is not hard to grasp. The bible says "It is appointed unto men once to die, after this....the judgment", Hebrews 9.27.


Most people associate a cross with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The symbolism is clear, a man dying on a cross. There are a lot of questions that this raises if you take the time to stop and think.

Who really was Jesus?
Was his death miscarriage of justice?
Does his death have any real significance in the big scheme of things?
If he never sinned does that mean he was capable of suffering for our sins, to bring us to God?

The answers to these questions, and more, lie in the bible. There is no point in looking elsewhere. The bible is the only communication that God has given to us to answer these questions. I would recommend that you read the following verses for answers. You will get a bible on-line or in most high street book shops. I have quoted the passages below.

Who really was Jesus? John 20:31 says "these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you might have life through his name".

Was his death a miscarriage of justice? The bible says in Acts 2 that Jesus was "a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs" but that the people of the day had taken, and by wicked hands crucified and slain him. In chapter 3 it is stated you "denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted into you". So yes, there was no legal reason to kill the Son of God but his death has provided salvation for those who will repent and trust him.

Does his death have any real significance in the big scheme of things? The bible strenuously states "Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and rose again the third day according to the scriptures", 1 Corinthians 15.3,4. Again in 2 Corinthians 5.19 it says "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses into them".

If Jesus never sinned does that men's he was capable of suffering for our sins, to bring us to God? 1 Peter 3:18 states "For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring is to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit".

For more information, podcasts or video links visit www.seekthetruth.org.uk.

All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.

Location:From Perth, Scotland

Psalm 69

Save Me, O God
To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. Of David.

1
Save me, O God!
For the waters have come up to my neck.
2
I sink in deep mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood sweeps over me.
3
I am weary with my crying out;
my throat is parched.
My eyes grow dim
with waiting for my God.
4
More in number than the hairs of my head
are those who hate me without cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
those who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?
5
O God, you know my folly;
the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
6
Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,
O Lord GOD of hosts;
let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,
O God of Israel.
7
For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach,
that dishonor has covered my face.
8
I have become a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother's sons.
9
For zeal for your house has consumed me,
and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
10
When I wept and humbledn my soul with fasting,
it became my reproach.
11
When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
12
I am the talk of those who sit in the gate,
and the drunkards make songs about me.
13
But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD.
At an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
14
Deliver me
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.
15
Let not the flood sweep over me,
or the deep swallow me up,
or the pit close its mouth over me.
16
Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good;
according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
17
Hide not your face from your servant;
for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.
18
Draw near to my soul, redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies!
19
You know my reproach,
and my shame and my dishonor;
my foes are all known to you.
20
Reproaches have broken my heart,
so that I am in despair.
I looked for pity, but there was none,
and for comforters, but I found none.
21
They gave me poison for food,
and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
22
Let their own table before them become a snare;
and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.
23
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,
and make their loins tremble continually.
24
Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.
25
May their camp be a desolation;
let no one dwell in their tents.
26
For they persecute him whom you have struck down,
and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
27
Add to them punishment upon punishment;
may they have no acquittal from you.
28
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;
let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
29
But I am afflicted and in pain;
let your salvation, O God, set me on high!
30
I will praise the name of God with a song;
I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31
This will please the LORD more than an ox
or a bull with horns and hoofs.
32
When the humble see it they will be glad;
you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
33
For the LORD hears the needy
and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
34
Let heaven and earth praise him,
the seas and everything that moves in them.
35
For God will save Zion
and build up the cities of Judah,
and people shall dwell there and possess it;
36
the
offspring of his servants shall inherit it,
and those who love his name shall dwell in it.













All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.

Location:From Liverpool

Saved or Lost

Last week a friend and I visited the newest section of the Titanic Exhibition in the Liverpool Maritime Museum.

I was impressed by the stark reality of the lists of names of passengers. Beside each name was one of two words - saved or lost.

O the tragedy of being lost!

O the relief and ecstasy of being saved!

It made me consider this fact. One day the only thing that will matter for every individual who has lived in this world will be if they are saved or lost. Wealth, success, talent and intelligence will not matter then. The thing that will distinguish one person from another will be if they were 'saved' or are 'lost'.

Let me explain.

Sin has affected every human being. The scriptures clearly state 'all have sinned'. Our natural state as humans is 'lost'. We are 'without God' and the 'wrath of God abides on us'. This is all a result of original sin, the first man, Adam's, act of self will and disobedience. The bible says 'by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin'.

Our only hope is to be rescued and saved. We have not the strength to do this for ourselves. The means of salvation God has provided is in a person - Jesus Christ. God has made the way of escape simple. 'Christ died for our sins....he was buried and he rose again the third day'.

You secure the cancelling of your guilt and your safe passage to heaven through Christ. The word of God says 'neither is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven, given among men whereby we must be saved'.

The step to safety is 'believe on The Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved'.

If the list of names on the other side of death could be read at this moment what would be beside your name - saved or lost?




All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.

Location:Liverpool Martime Museum

Saved or Lost

Last week a friend and I visited the newest section of the Titanic Exhibition in the Liverpool Maritime Museum.

I was impressed by the stark reality of the lists of names of passengers. Beside each name was one of two words - saved or lost.

O the tragedy of being lost!

O the relief and ecstasy of being saved!

It made me consider this fact. One day the only thing that will matter for every individual who has lived in this world will be if they are saved or lost. Wealth, success, talent and intelligence will not matter then. The thing that will distinguish one person from another will be if they were 'saved' or are 'lost'.

Let me explain.

Sin has affected every human being. The scriptures clearly state 'all have sinned'. Our natural state as humans is 'lost'. We are 'without God' and the 'wrath of God abides on us'. This is all a result of original sin, the first man, Adam's, act of self will and disobedience. The bible says 'by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin'.

Our only hope is to be rescued and saved. We have not the strength to do this for ourselves. The means of salvation God has provided is in a person - Jesus Christ. God has made the way of escape simple. 'Christ died for our sins....he was buried and he rose again the third day'.

You secure the cancelling of your guilt and your safe passage to heaven through Christ. The word of God says 'neither is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven, given among men whereby we must be saved'.

The step to safety is 'believe on The Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved'.

If the list of names on the other side of death could be read at this moment what would be beside your name - saved or lost?




All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.

Location:Liverpool Martime Museum

Syria - Wars and Rumours of Wars (Disturbing image)

We are living in momentous times! The past ten years have seen significant changes in the way nations react to one another and factions within nations are soon pushed beyond the demonstration mode, to take up arms to fight one another. The Middle East is a hotspot for trouble to erupt into warfare. Since Saddam Hussein boasted about Iraq’s ‘Mother of all wars’ there has been the on-going warfare in Afghanistan, the nuclear threat of Iran against Israel, military action in Egypt, recent shelling and bombings in Lebanon. These are disturbing facts that constantly affect our troubled world. Western nations are presently awaiting United Nations weapon-inspectors findings to discover what chemical weapons have been used in Syria, and what military response they will take if Assad is found guilty. The questions that need answering are, which chemicals were used, what was the means of their delivery and who is responsible for this violation against civilians?

Wikipedia comments, "The Syrian civil war, also known as Syrian uprising or Syrian crisis is an ongoing armed conflict in Syria between forces loyal to the Ba'ath government and those seeking to oust it. The conflict began on 15 March 2011, with popular demonstrations that grew nationwide by April 2011. These demonstrations were part of the wider Middle Eastern protest movement known as the Arab Spring. Protesters demanded the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad, whose family has held the presidency in Syria since 1971, as well as the end of Ba'ath Party rule, which began in 1963.

In April 2011, the Syrian Army was deployed to quell the uprising, and soldiers fired on demonstrators across the country. After months of military sieges, the protests evolved into an armed rebellion. Opposition forces, mainly composed of defected soldiers and civilian volunteers, remain without central leadership. The conflict is asymmetrical, with clashes taking place in many towns and cities across the country. Late 2011 marked growing influence of the Islamist group Jabhat al-Nusra within the opposition forces, and in 2013 Hezbollah entered the war in support of the Syrian army. The Syrian government is further upheld by military support from Russia and Iran, while Qatar and Saudi Arabia transfer weapons to the rebels." These are alarming facts!

The Apostle Paul recognized that there was a war taking place in his own life, he said, “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.” (Romans 7;18-25). Every Christian knows this daily battle going on in their life, the old nature that we get from Adam versus the new nature we get from Christ when we are born again. An unbeliever does not have this problem, he steals, swears and commits adultery and lies without giving it a thought, it is his nature to do that, but a Christian does not do these things, so while we are in this body of flesh we shall have this conflict.

Matthew recorded the words of Christ concerning the prelude to His coming Kingdom, “And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.  And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.  All these are the beginning of sorrows.” (Matthew 24:3-8).

The disciples asked three relevant questions, they wanted to know WHEN the Lord would come to reign on earth. They wanted to know WHAT would be the sign of His coming and also the END of the AGE (the Greek word is aion which means age, not cosmos which means world). Matthew 24 gives details of the answers to these questions, and the matter of wars and rumours of wars, which we clearly see, are but the beginning of sorrows. The Great Tribulation is ushered in by these happenings and the worst is yet to be before the Lord returns to earth. Before He comes to earth He is going to come to the atmospheric heavens to call away the Church from the earth and take the millions of believers to the third Heaven, God’s dwelling place. Are you ready for His coming for the Church? Are you saved? If not, do not delay; receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour today.  God bless.

Written by a Guest Blogger

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Demolition Job

This was the scene in Donaldson Street, Anfield this afternoon. The final day in the story of these houses. If the walls could speak what would they say?

A similar statement is made by The Lord Jesus in Luke 19:40

"And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out."

The religious folk where complaining that people shouldn't be praising Jesus.

The Lord replied "the stones would speak if they didn't".

Quite a statement - what do you think?


All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.

Location:Donaldson Street, Anfield, Liverpool

The meaning of life

Imagine owning this ancestral pile! What wealth! What security!

But Jesus said....,,

"What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, but lose his own soul" Mark 8:38

(Quote - The Lord Jesus Christ in the bible)


All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.

Location:Liverpool

The meaning of life

Imagine owning this ancestral pile! What wealth! What security!

But Jesus said....,,

"What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, but lose his own soul" Mark 8:38

(Quote - The Lord Jesus Christ in the bible)


All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.

Location:Liverpool

Special Events in Anfield

In Anfield, Liverpool. For the next two weeks the Christians who meet in Crete Hall, Donaldson Street, Liverpool are hosting special events. Come and hear the gospel (good news) of Jesus Christ. God has the answers to life's questions - it's in the Bible.

Mon to Thurs (2nd to 5th Sept & 9th to 12th Sept) @ 7.30 pm.

All posts have the aim of pointing people to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour or to aid Christian growth and development.

Location:Anfield, Liverpool