By Ben Swift Though I am an old doctor of divinity, to this day I have not got beyond the children’s learning – Martin Luther’s Tabletalk. For most of us in our adult years, memories of our childhood become fragmented snapshots from a time that once existed in vivid reality. While some serve as useless [...]
By Ben Swift “If you know that your heart is cold, then it is not yet a hard heart; God has not rejected it.” (Tozer) It seems to me that a significant slice of western society lives by the creed of not taking life too seriously; play hard, play fast and enjoy life while you [...]
By Ben Swift "Faith in God transcends reason as it flows from the heart and the heart has its reasons, which reason knows nothing of." (Blaise Pascal) It’s an interesting thing to stop and reflect on what it means for something to flow from the heart. Perhaps Pascal’s idea speaks to us because deep down [...]
By Ben Swift ‘Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.’ (Friedrich Nietzsche) ‘Risk taking’ seems to be a buzz term floating around the corporate and educational worlds of late. But risk taking in these contexts is far from the risk taking of the past. [...]
By Ben Swift I’ll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear! – Nina Simone There’s an old proverb that suggests that as pressure makes diamonds, a situation where a person is placed under pressure enables them to demonstrate their full potential. While it may be true that diamonds [...]
By Ben Swift “For many in our high-paced world, despair is not a moment; it is a way of life.” (Ravi Zacharias) As Christians we are taught that Christ is our light and we are to be reflectors of His light to the world; a world that hides from the light, only to stumble around [...]
By Ben Swift “When evil justifies itself by posturing as morality, God becomes the devil and the devil, God. That exchange makes one impervious to reason.” (Zacharias) It would be hard to believe that anyone could deny the fact that evil has a real presence in this world. One doesn’t have to travel far through [...]
