Repentance means 'a change of mind'. It is commonly associated with Christian theology, which majors on the need for 'repentance unto life'. However, it is possible to change one's mind from bad to worse – in other words, there are different forms of repentance. Christian teaching on metanoia, the Greek word that the New Testament uses …
Category: Behaviour
Becoming dependent upon God
Human beings are dependent upon God, whether they like it or not, and slowly the human family is moving in the direction of acknowledging it. The more it speeds up, the better. As society has become more integrated, we have become dependent upon each other. It began in the family and developed with education. Now …
Blaming the devil
The devil is blamed for many things, and justly so. Harvey Weinstein is the latest celebrity to do so. Contradicting allegations of sexual harassments against him, the award-winning film producer Harvey Weinstein said: "I appreciate the way I've behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologise for …
Too good to be true
Fake news and lies now dominate so much of our culture that many people cannot even believe the truth. As they do not know how to distinguish truth from error they will believe neither. Scepticism has become the order of the day in our post-truth society. This is the price paid for dealing in lies …
Every idle word that men shall speak…
The language battle is heating up. Redefining marriage is the most spectacular and far-reaching milestone on the secular journey to destroy Christian values in western society, but the language battle began a long time ago with tolerating swearing and blasphemy. Christian terms such as Jesus, Christ, God, Lord, heavens above, hell and damn are all …
Peer-group pressure is changing you
Cambridge Analytica, a company which specialises in behaviour change, is credited, along with Facebook, with Donald Trump’s victory in the US Presidential election victory on 8/11/2016. The homepage of Cambridge Analytica's website says “Data drives all that we do. Cambridge Analytica uses data to change audience behavior [sic].’ This is an acknowledgement that peer-group pressure …
So you think you don’t have enough time?
Some people think that they don't have enough time to investigate the claims of Christianity and in particular the claims of Jesus Christ. They think that they have better things to do with their time. Only – they do have enough time. God has given them the time. It is called their lifetime, but more …
Another Lib Dem broken promise
The new Lib Dem leader's first pledge is to break another promise. Sir Vince Cable was confirmed as the new Lib Dem leader when the time for nominations passed and he was elected unopposed. He immediately announced that under his leadership, the Lib Dems will offer voters the chance to avoid Brexit - "to exit …
Control freakery is running wild
Prime Minister Theresa May was pilloried because she did not express public grief over the Grenfell Tower disaster in a politically correct manner. It reminds us of the public mood at the time of Princess Diana's tragic death. Instead of allowing the Queen to grieve in her own way, the public demanded that she grieve …
Jump to attention
Many public bodies think that their authority allows them to call the public to jump to attention. Take the tax office. One will wait weeks and even months to get a response from them, but they expect you to answer them within so many days, with the threat of penalties - even although you may …
Donald's Thoughts 