I was recently invited by Vision Christian Radio's Neil Johnson as a special guest to discuss my book Beyond the Fish Sticker and to answer some questions from callers. What a great but challenging experience as with anything done live. If you're interested in having a listen, see the link below. Please feel free to [...]
What an incredible thought, we have been created to personally relate to our creator, God! And not only this, but we’ve been gifted with the ability to ask questions and to reflect on what the things of this life really mean. And isn’t this where all human beings find themselves at some point in life, [...]
By Ben Swift Theologian Karl Barth who when asked after a lifetime of theological research and contemplation, “What have you learned?” answered, “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” But does this seemingly simple response provide a satisfactory answer? It certainly feels like we need something beyond the playful words [...]
By Ben Swift Reflecting on Nietzsche’s news of the death of God and the rise of Postmodernism, James Sire noted in his book ‘The Universe Next Door’ that the age in which we now live, finds itself afloat in a pluralism of perspectives, a multitude of philosophical possibilities, but with no true north for which [...]
By Ben Swift “The meaning of your life is to help others find the meaning of theirs” (Viktor Frankl). A long time ago it was noted by an observer of the early church that a small but growing group of people following Jesus Christ as their Messiah, were turning the world upside down, flipping many [...]
By Ben Swift Turn, turn, turn, you can almost feel the cogs of the universe spinning us ever so quickly towards another Christmas. This Groundhog Day, déjà vu-like experience once again finds us trying to come up with something new to make the day somehow special, even memorable, in the hope that we may experience [...]
By Ben Swift – Author of Beyond the Fish Sticker History can be regarded by some as insignificant and irrelevant; foreign to their high-definition, technologically driven, fast-paced lifestyles. But looking back is often our only hope of avoiding the pitfalls experienced in the past. Perhaps you’ve noticed that events from history are often reshaped into [...]
