Condemned in my place
Nearly 2000 years ago, the city of Jerusalem was hosting what was arguably its most important annual feast – the Passover....
Steve Richards
Mar 1, 2024
'Christianity' does not appear in the Bible
Did you know that the word Christianity does not appear in the Bible and Christian is there just three times? Early on, ‘Christian’ was a...
Steve Richards
Mar 3, 2023
A first-hand faith
If you are a person of faith, is it something you’ve inherited or has someone taken the trouble to introduce you to it? Either way, is...
Steve Richards
Oct 6, 2022
Who's really in charge?
Several weeks have elapsed since colleagues of Boris Johnson withdrew their support of his leadership and this resulted in his...
Steve Richards
Aug 4, 2022
Notions about God
A friend of mine, before becoming a vicar, was a geography teacher. He would take students on field trips down to the Jurassic Coast. He...
Steve Richards
Jun 30, 2022
Ritualistic prayer or realistic prayer?
I’m going to make an assumption here and it is that a good majority of people reading this column will be able to recite the Lord’s...
Steve Richards
Feb 4, 2022
The Christian message is like a double-edged sword
As a Christian author, you’d expect me to bring a message of hope as we move into the year 2022. The Christian message, however, is like...
Steve Richards
Dec 24, 2021
The problem of being an ass
People often think that being a Christian means keeping lots of rules. It is true, that through Moses, God gave the Jewish people lots of...
Steve Richards
Apr 1, 2021