Steve Richards
Mar 1, 2024
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
Feb 2, 2024
What is God's love?
It’s February and we think of Valentine’s Day and along with that ‘love’. What do we understand by that word ‘love’? On the day that the...
Steve Richards
Nov 3, 2023
An exception to the rule
A few hundred yards from our home is a road sign telling drivers ‘no U-turns’. If someone does make a U-turn then confusion and...
Steve Richards
Aug 31, 2023
Too many voices
There are many rallying calls wanting to grab our attention, stir our emotions and move us to action or at least to express our support....
Steve Richards
Aug 3, 2023
Many ways to God?
A friend who grew up in the Christian church has latterly become uncomfortable with foundational Christian teaching. Such teaching, he...
Steve Richards
Jul 6, 2023
Jesus as pioneer
Just over 60 years ago my dad purchased his first car. It was a second-hand Ford V8 Pilot. If you haven’t heard of it, that’s hardly...
Steve Richards
Apr 6, 2023
Political correctness doesn't go far enough
Puffin Books has edited Roald Dahl’s children’s stories, which are to be offered as an alternative to the original versions. References...
Steve Richards
Mar 3, 2023
'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
Nov 4, 2022
A basis for confidence
Do you remember that scene in the film The Sound of Music? Maria is filled with doubts as she journeys towards the von Trapp home to take...
Steve Richards
Oct 6, 2022
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...