Stephen Hawkings and the Afterlife!

We all have come to understand that life is constantly changing and that nothing lasts for ever. In many ways this is a tough and sad reality. Most of us find it hard to accept that we will grow old, that loved ones will pass on, that children grow up and leave home. You know the types of things that I am talking about. Sad realities! It is hard to see people you love deteriorate! It is unbelievable that people who once were so capable do not now even know what day it is or the difference between a cup of tea and a plate of soup.

I have good news for you. 

The Bible teaches that God made us with an eternal soul. The real person lives in this body and though the body ends in physical death, the soul lives on. Many people don't believe this! They think that better education, social conditions and the developments of the 21st century remove the need to think about matters of life and faith.

Stephen Hawking, British Physicist and author dismisses the notion of an afterlife. To quote he said recently 'I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers. That is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark'. This argument sounds very feasible especially when proposed by such an intelligent man. It does however ignore the fact that we are not just biological computers. It ignores man's consciousness which the best of brains have grappled with but have to admit is beyond their ability to explain. Consciousness cannot be defined in purely physiological terms. Add to this the evidence for the supernatural and the spiritual and you have many questions which without the revelation in the Bible we will struggle to answer. 

Let me introduce the book which has for generations provided answers. Answers that could not find their source solely in the mind of a human being. This book is the Bible. It is easy to dismiss the Bible as the purely the writings of men but that would not be doing justice to the information it contains and the consistency of its message. The Bible has an inbuilt testing system of prediction and fulfilment which either stands or falls on the substantive evidence of archeology, science, history, geography and social development. There have been no developments to date in any of these disciplines which have produced evidence which undermines the truthfulness and probity of the Bible.

If all of this is true may I suggest that we should pay more attention to what it teaches about life, death, the afterlife, God etc. One of the books of the Bible (John's gospel) specifically states that it was written 'that we might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and that believing you might have life through his name'. My prayer is that this will be the outcome if you choose to read the Bible for yourself.

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Leicester City and the Premier League - The Greatest Story Ever Told?

This was the headline yesterday when Leicester City Football Club finally won the Premier League. Congratulations to them and their fans. It's quite a feat and a well deserved accomplishment. 

The Daily Telegraph reports "NIne months ago, the odds being offered on Leicester City winning the Premier League title were identical to the quoted odds on Elvis Presley being found alive this year: 5,000-1. Elvis is yet to turn up, but Leicester, who defined the term “rank outsider”, have achieved the impossible, after an adverse result for their only remaining rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, handed them the title with two games to spare. Spurs’ 2-2 draw in a thrilling match against Chelsea means they can no longer catch the league leaders. In an era when football fans accept that only the richest clubs stand any chance of success, unfashionable Leicester’s achievement will go down as one of the greatest in any sport".

It's a great story but I contest not the greatest story that has ever been told - that is reserved for another timeless person and issue - the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

Here are some verses from the Bible that summarise this great and life changing story:

1 Timothy 1:15

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

1 John 4:14

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

John 3:16-21

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

1 Timothy 3:16

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

The following information is available on Google if you type in the words "The greatest story ever told". 

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 ‧ Drama/Family Drama ‧ 4h 20m































From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ (Max von Sydow) is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod (Claude Rains) ; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist (Charlton Heston) ; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
Initial release: February 15, 1965
Directors: George Stevens, David Lean, Jean Negulesco
Music composed by: Alfred Newman
Screenplay: George Stevens, James Lee Barrett, Carl Sandburg
Story by: Fulton Oursler, Henry Denker