Weekly Perspective

This week all eyes have been on events in Britain with the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. World leaders gathered from around the world to pay tribute to a remarkable woman and a highly respected monarch. Sadly though, few would have had any idea of the origin of the British monarchy in the Old Testament…

“A world of nice people, content in their own niceness, looking no further, turned away from God, would be just as desperately in need of salvation as a miserable world and might even be more difficult to save.” – C.S. Lewis What is meant by “nice people, turned away from God”? Well, nice means pleasant…

Is the writing on the wall? This week a senior official in the U.S. Justice Department called the Alliance Defending Freedom a “hate group.” The ADF is the nation’s leading legal advocate of religious liberty. The Justice Department has done nothing to rescind his remarks. The writing on the wall says that the liberty we…

You have probably read in recent news that Canada’s health care system is now planning to broaden the scope of their, already in place, medically assisted suicide. The plan is to make it far easier to end one’s life. The proposed plan for 2023 is to actually make it available to children as well. Stunning?…

As we approach the last Holy Day season for 2022, God’s people need to contemplate what God has given us. Looking forward to the soon-coming Kingdom of God gives us hope. The hope of salvation through Jesus Christ. We have something that the rest of mankind desperately needs. The question then is, how do we…

What is disturbing regarding the civil leadership of our nations is the lack of clear, mature thinking. Over and over, we are left to question the thinking of those in positions of responsibility. Not just in political circles, but perhaps because of the media’s intense politicization, we tend to hear more from that quarter. In…

When in a trial, it is good to remember, “The will of God will not take you where the grace of God cannot keep you.” The author is unknown, but the words are true. We all have and will experience very difficult circumstances in the course of our lives. Thankfully, all the trials we have…

“Make a chain, for the land is filled with crimes of blood, and the city is full of violence” (Ezekiel 7:23). News headline, August 2, 2022 – SIX MAJOR CITIES ON PACE TO PASS HISTORIC 2021 VIOLENT CRIME TOTALS HALFWAY THROUGH 2022 “I think … you can see a trend in increased violence across our…

Many believe that we live in a kakistocracy today.  The word means government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state.  Viewing it from a purely non-political perspective, the societal slide we are presently experiencing would seem to bear out that belief.  The concept is not a new one, nor are its effects.…

Our actions are never done in isolation. While we might commit a sin that no one knows about at the time, ultimately, that sin will have an impact on someone. Perhaps the most outstanding example of this would be the sin committed by Adam and Eve. It was done in isolation – there were only…

How valuable is a human life? Obviously, that is something that varies greatly depending on the individual. Human value is in the eye of the human beholder. In the news this week, you might have seen a video clip of a mother who threw herself onto the hood of her own car that was being…

“The building blocks of society have been grievously undermined. Traditional family life has been eroded. Education has ceased transmitting western culture to the next generation and instead is teaching the young to hate their society.” (Nikki Haley, Colin Cramphorn Memorial Lecture at the Policy Exchange think tank, London, June 2022) Family ethics and values matter.…

Psalm 37:3-4 “Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.” There are some interesting concepts wrapped up in these two verses. Concepts which are very relevant to God’s people today. The…