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Ireland v France, a history

Tonight, Ireland play France in Paris in a world cup play-off game, 1-0 down from the first leg. Irish people…

Given all that we know about the story that unfolds in the history of the descendents of Abraham, the reference…

I was toying with the idea of buying a Kindle recently and decided against it at the moment, mostly for…

In Genesis 16 Sarai is in the place of Abraham, and he plays the role of the Pharaoh. In the…

Just a few days ago my eleven year old son came home from school bursting with enthusiasm for a book…

In Genesis 2:24 the narrator declares that a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife and…

I’ll be wearing a white poppy again today, just as I did last year (and here). My annual struggles with…

A Conversation with Bob Lupton Here is another one of those regular but unpredictable invitations to an event at the…

‘Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go’. Am I alone in thinking that the order of…

‘So Abraham left as the Lord had told him.’ Gen 12:4 When Abraham left his land, either to complete his…