Prince Harry is coming home! Johnson said it was time to refresh the teaching of the Prodigal Son. There was an X post pairing the side views of Harry with that of the former lover of Diana. The legitimacy of being a son makes absolute relevance to the applicability of the parable. Who then qualifies as a son of the father in the Prodigal Son parable?

I know the classic Christian doctrine that repentance is the only path to forgiveness. Even when you repent just before you die, even if you can’t do penance, but you must confess your sins. The suggestion that God’s mercy having been widened to those who haven’t repent, seems like colouring outside the lines …

It would be hard to be sure if she was surprised. This guest Jesus knew what she was doing! Not only let her do it. But he knew why! Clearly, Jesus saw differently. He saw her motives. He saw her gratitude. Gratitude from forgiveness. And Jesus said …

Some weeks ago there was a once-a-half-century major news. No it’s not Trump’s so-called “hush money” trial, rather the total eclipse of the sun. Years ago a trained physician well known for his preference for historical accounting recorded the total eclipse of his generation …

Life is so NOT easy. Then there’s the million dollar question: what is best next? The most serious of all: how to secure forgiveness and eternal life? Alas! Grace is found.At a juncture with surprising ease. It takes some reading, and simple trust ...

Advent. Waiting and hoping. Should have been. But to the people in some regions of the world, lives matter zilch. Dead end. Such were lives being lived by young and able shepherds in the Middle East one winter night years ago. But …

Unfortunately the world is so callous, or just lazy, to think that only if the person is provided with sufficient material support, he will not commit suicide. So little regard for the mental side. Or the void in the soul …

Solid gold rule. Forgiveness follows confession. Verbalised or acted out confession, to be precise. But perhaps our faith in this solid gold rule seems to have a fatal oversight: It works between humans only!

The pain of recurring guilt. Man devised ways to deal with it. Self imposed exile. Alcoholic or drug addiction. Suicide. Three forms of the same: escapism. Escape from “haunting”. Three forms. One strategy. Same failure. It never works. It never heals …

Most people would accuse God being unfair. Why not? The Bible says that God simply preferred Jacob over Esau. And, as if to rub salt into wounds, it is stated that “even before the twins were born”. How could God?

It’s been well known. Blood of bull and goat can’t cleanse sinners of sins. If they could, those sacrifices would have stopped. Truth is, sadly, there are still annual sacrifices. Every year people will be reminded of their sins. Are humans hopeless?

I couldn’t stand watching my son die of thirst! Water was gone. Nowhere in this wilderness could I see water. The two of us alone. He is just a boy. How could I live with seeing my own boy die before me? But what could we do …

It’s been said, “Tomorrow will be better.” Presumably than today. Obviously “yesterday” already and always knocked out by “tomorrow”. But is it so clear cut that “today” is a sure loser to “tomorrow”? Yea. It appears that …

A young blonde was offered to King Kong. All villagers hid away, watching. Then King Kong appeared. Took the girl. Happy, King Kong left the village. Same script is replicated in multiple myths and various cultures. It runs true almost …

I don’t know how I got in Simon’s house. His house servants knew me. Had they not wanted me there, I couldn’t have gotten in. How could I have insisted or crashed their party? Who was I? I knew how despised I was. I knew …

Resolved to quit drinking in 2023! To lose weight! … It’s the time for annual rituals. That’s the trouble. No success. Year after year. Might as well quit! Anyone would quit. Fortunate not everyone. “Long ago God spoke many times …

This is a well known scene. Even amongst non Christians. And best to shut people up. What’s of interest is the dramatic scene of the thinning of the crowd! If it were a screenplay, the director would sequence the shots from a boisterous …

Left or right? If you follow the Bible it has got to be about the right side. Except once.The most significant one to the human race. Somehow it is never mentioned. Or better, deliberately made ambiguous? Same could apply to color …

Heard it umpteen times. Response is always the same: “It’s nice but I am human.” Really, who could forgive 70x7? It’s an impossible demand. How could he have asked of Peter? Then Peter came to Jesus and asked …

It can’t be missed. This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ … David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah). “by the wife of Uriah” is a forever testimony not to David’s shoddy murder to grab Uriah’s wife …