Dr Patrick Sookhdeo
Dr Patrick Sookhdeo is the International Director of Barnabas Fund and the Executive Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life.
They will be my treasured possession… And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not. Malachi 3:17b, 18
When these three Christians were taken prisoner and...
To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. Titus 1:15
When Agnes, a 13-year-old Roman girl from a Christian family, was courted by the local governor’s son, she...
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5)
In the third beatitude, we must again overcome the hindrance of the English language to understand what Jesus is really saying. Meekness is neither weakness nor grovelling. It...
Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13b
Graham Staines, from Australia, dedicated nearly 35 years of his life to serving the Lord in Orissa state, India, where he cared for leprosy victims and translated the Bible into the Ho...
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. (Matthew 5:4) This beatitude is probably even more perplexing to the world than the first one, as its basic meaning is “O the happiness of those who are unhappy!”
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But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have...
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7
Timothy became the beloved disciple of Paul the apostle, and a companion to him on his missionary journeys. Acts...
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:3)
The first beatitude is the foundation on which all the others are built. It is about the poor in spirit, that is, those who recognise...
One Sunday evening an elderly Christian man was driving two elderly Christian ladies to their various homes after the church service they had all attended. As he drove, he noticed a cyclist fall off his bicycle, so he stopped...
Однажды воскресным вечером после богослужения один пожилой христианин поехал развезти по домам двух пожилых христианок. По дороге он заметил человека, упавшего с велосипеда. Христианин остановил машину, вышел и пошел к нему, чтобы предложить помощь. В ответ велосипедист достал бейсбольную...
