Gospel

A fascinating incident in the history of Israel is recorded in 2 Kings 6-7. The king of Aram “mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria.” As a consequence, “There was a [...]

I have on occasions heard Christians tell non-Christians that in order to be saved they must be “born again”. This has always seemed to me to be a rather unhelpful thing to say to someone who [...]

Summertime is snaketime in Australia. The reptiles become active—and dangerous!—as the weather warms up. Mulga, tiger, dugite, taipan, death adder—these are some of our better known venomous [...]

Every four years the lead up to the Olympic Games is marred by complaints by athletes who have failed to win selection for their events. Most unsuccessful athletes accept their exclusion on the [...]

I grew up with stories of the Titanic. My Grandmother and Uncles had seen the great ship sail out of Belfast Lough at the beginning of her doomed maiden voyage. One of the many stories I heard [...]

Charles Colson, whose articles appeared regularly in Life News, went to be with the Lord in April. In tribute to him, we have included two moving eulogies in this issue of Life News (see also [...]

Chuck Colson said he never really left prison. I’ll explain what he meant, and why it’s so important. It’s one of the best photographs ever taken of Chuck Colson. Chuck is in a prison gymnasium, [...]

“The foundation of all our preaching is, and must be,” John Wesley claimed, “whosoever believeth on Him shall be saved”.1For over fifty years, from his conversion in 1738 to his death in 1793, [...]

Once a year, thanks to the holiday attached to the holy-day of Easter, even non-Christians mark the death of Jesus Christ on a cross in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. We Christians, however, do not [...]

The Old Testament book of Esther is much loved by many, especially by Jewish readers. For in it we learn about the remarkable preservation of the Jewish people. It is an altogether providential [...]