Photo Peter Robbins in Unsplash.com The modern Olympic Games are a revival of the Ancient games which were hosted on the plains of Olympia in Greece, as part of a pagan festival.  People in Bible times were aware of these games and others like them, and there are references to these sports in the Bible. The apostle Paul was born approximately AD 0-10, so the games would be a regular feature during his lifetime.  It is believed that he referred to these athletic games in 1 Corinthians chapter 9 verse 25 when he wrote “Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training.” &nbs ..read more

At art club we recently used some photographs to help us express what the Lord’s prayer means to us.  We chose a different picture to illustrate each phrase.  I hope these bring this well-known Bible passage to life for you too.  At the end is a sample of the artwork we produced from these inspiring words and pictures. liane-metzler – unsplash.com Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, niklas-tidbury-unsplash.com your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. nasa-unsplash.com Give us today our daily bread. brooke-cagle-unsplash And forgive us our debts ..read more

Image by Alex Shute, unsplash.com Fake photographs.  Fake emails.  Fake news.  It leaves us wondering “who can we trust these days ?”  We live in a world that has so many problems, whether they’re global problems or our own, personal ones.  Many need to be addressed urgently.  So is there anyone we can trust ? It may be surprising, but the answer is “yes”, there is someone we can trust.  Someone who is always there and never changes.  The Bible tells us about God, the creator of the world, which He created for His pleasure and for a purpose.  It als ..read more

Back to the blue skies of Turkey…. Why the rush to Pisidian Antioch? Well, we mentioned last time that Paul had sailed from Paphos in Cyprus. Acts 13 tells us that the chief Roman proconsul on the island was a man named Sergius Paulus. He hears Paul teaching about the resurrection of Jesus and becomes a Christian believer. If you become a follower of Jesus, the first thing you want to do is tell others – especially your family – about this amazing change in your life. What’s a recent convert on Cyprus got to do with a Roman colony town in the middle of the Turkish mountains? It took another 1 ..read more

So Paul sets off. It is clear that without biblical texts outlining the journey in detail that we don’t know his exact route. Modern scholars reckon there are perhaps four possible routes that Paul may have travelled on but these ancient pavements give us a real idea of just what travelling was like for him. Here are some pics of one stretch of the trail that is particularly inspiring. It takes a bit of searching to find the new waymark red and white paint signs which lead steeply uphill to the now ruined city of Adada. There is still a flight of wide white rock steps that you can clamber up ..read more

There is a chapter in the Bible that I want to share with you because I feel that it is one of the most inspiring, most hopeful and most life-changing ones that we can read !  It’s Luke chapter 24. Image by rneitzey from Pixabay From a timing perspective, this occurred after the crucifixion, but most importantly, the tomb was empty and Jesus was alive.  Angels had told a group of women that Jesus was alive, and he had also appeared to Mary in person and spoken to her.  Later the same day two of Jesus’ followers, were walking away from Jerusalem towards a village called Emmaus.&n ..read more

Leave the English winter and head back out into the sunshine… Paul and two friends arrive by boat from Cyprus at the end of a long hot summer in AD 46. Acts 13 says they sailed from Paphos and came ashore in coastal Pamphyllia. The narrative tells us that the companions land at Perge – their landing port has long silted up and the nearest harbour is now Antalya in modern Turkey. You might think that after a few sea voyages (it had already been a long Mediterranean trip from Syria to arrive at Salamis in Cyprus) the trio would want to spend a bit of down time at the seaside. Here it would be e ..read more

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Would you like to leave the chilly winter weather behind and come for a walk in the sunshine, following in the footsteps of the apostle Paul? Stepping out beside him as he travels around Turkey preaching the good news about Jesus? Well you can do that here, walking sections of The St Paul Trail – a waymarked hike that tries to imagine the route Paul might have taken when the gospel first arrived in mainland Asia Minor. There is a good reason for our journey. One other than suns rays instead of the frosty British winter weather outside your window! This hike makes the scriptures come to life i ..read more

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