In reading Dave Breese's 7 Men Who Rule the World from the Grave, two names stand out as responsible for the decline of church culture over the last two hundred years. These men undermined the authority of the Bible and the even the existence of truth. The consequences of their ideas are evident on the staff and youth group pages of many church websites. The contemporary church overemphasises the personality of the preacher, minimising the importance of the gospel itself. Thi

Three hundred and forty-one years ago, on the 11th of May, two women were executed. They were Covenanters - Christians who held to the principles of the Scottish Reformation and often had to sacrifice their own lives rather than compromise their beliefs. Captured and refusing to recant, Widow Margaret McLachlan and her young friend Margaret Wilson were drowned. Nineteen-year old Margaret Wilson is recorded to have sung Psalms and recited Scripture aloud as she waited for the

Everyone wants to live well. Unfortunately everyone also seems to have a different idea of what the "Good Life" is. While the world clamours for public holidays and early retirement plans that involve sitting around the house all day and practicing being discontent, God has actually set the example for us of what the elusive Good Life really looks like. Service. Working for the good of others. After all, what is God doing every day but working for His glory and our good? What