I first encountered Jesus in February 1974.  I am so grateful to those who taught me, right from the start, the importance of what they called ‘the quiet time’. ...

I have never been very good at using visual aids.  I am not a very practical person.  On the other hand, my great friend, Nicky Lee (who, together with his wife Sila, has pioneered The...

In 1949, one of the greatest revivals in the history of the United Kingdom took place in the Hebrides.  Humanly speaking, the revival began with one man, Duncan Campbell, speaking at a prayer...

High on the moors among the Welsh highlands, two ministers met a young shepherd boy who was hearing impaired and illiterate.  They tried hard to help him understand and help him find a...

Thankfully, there have been very few times since our relationship started that I have been apart from my wife Pippa.  However, before we were married, or even engaged, there was once a period...

I used to be an atheist.  I believed pretty much what the ‘new atheists’ believe, although I was not nearly as well-informed, scientific and clever as many of them are.  I...

Shortly after we were married, Pippa and I went on a weekend about marriage.  During the weekend there was a session about priorities.  We were given five cards each with a word on it: ...

As I look back on the past thirty-five years as a Christian there have been times of great spiritual highs – experiences of the Holy Spirit, God’s love, the joy of seeing people...

The brilliant professor of philosophy at London University, Professor Joad, was not a Christian.  He was asked on a radio programme, ‘If you could meet any person from the past and as...

Lord Radstock was staying in a hotel in Norway in the mid-nineteenth century.  He heard a little girl playing the piano down in the hallway.  She was making a terrible noise: ‘Plink...