Dawkins & Downs Syndrome

This is an important article to read. Don't believe everything that clever people tell you!

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Lady Lever Art Gallery - Holman Hunt

In the Lady Lever Art Gallery there is displayed an outstanding painting called "The Scapegoat". The artist was William Holman Hunt. The scapegoat vividly pictures the scene on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) in the Jewish religious calendar when two goats represented the sins of a nation. One died and the other was released to the wilderness, to an uninhabited place, carrying symbolically on it's head the sins of a nation. This sad and lonely scene was an Old Testament picture of Jesus, the Lamb of God who would bear away the sins of the world by his death of crucifixion.  

I’d also like to draw your attention to a man called Harold St. John. Harold St. John lived from 1876 to 1957. He preferred to have his name pronounced “sin-jun”, feeling that the title of "saint" was too superior sounding. But if anyone wanted an example of saintliness, they could have pointed in Harold St. John's direction. This man had a great love of art but let me tell you a little more about him first.

He was a banker and was well known amongst Christians in certain circles but today he has been pretty much lost from sight.

Harold St. John was a man who travelled a lot in business and was called to preach the Gospel and to teach the Word of God, which he did on a worldwide basis. He had a tremendous ability to get alongside people and to talk to them about the Lord Jesus.

Let me relate to you a story from his life that is very interesting. One day he was in a private chapel at Keble College in Oxford. He was standing lost in contemplation looking at Holman Hunt’s masterpiece “The Light of the World”. A chattering group of tourists approached and the guide announced, in a strident voice, that the original of this sold for £5000. Without a moment of hesitation Mr. St. John step forward, “Ladies and Gentlemen” he said, “May I add that the true original of this picture was sold for 30 pieces of silver”. A hush fell on the crowd and they left the chapel in silence. Here was a man who was not only interested in great masterpieces of art but he was interested in the subject of this particular piece of art. “The Light of the World” was Holman Hunt’s masterpiece, in which Christ stands waiting for men and women to open the door of their heart to Him. 

Incidentally the things have not changed since then, the Lord Jesus still waits for men and women to receive Him. To do this you have to accept you are sinful, confess your guilt before God and receive Jesus Christ as your Saviour and Lord (see the Gospel of John 1:12).

The curator spoke very confidently about the fact that the picture was sold for £5000, not a lot in today’s currency but a lot then. Mr. St. John understood the greater value of the picture. It pictured the Son of God, Jesus Christ. It pictured one who gave Himself, sold for thirty pieces of silver, that He might become the one final sacrifice for sin. His objective was that men and women might be saved. I wonder how much you value Jesus Christ today? He is indeed a masterpiece, He makes wrong things right, He cleanses dirty hearts, He brings peace with God. He saves those who call upon His name. This is all true because of His death upon the cross. Trust Him and He’ll never let you down.

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Is there evidence for an historical Jesus?

Please read this blog.


Daily Mail - Is there evidence for an historical Jesus
http://goodnews4liverpool.wordpress.com/2014/10/02/is-there-evidence-for-the-historical-jesus/

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Is Liverpool like the City of Rome?

In a number of ways Liverpool is like the city of Rome; not least because it is built on seven major hills. These are;

• Walton Hill,
• Everton Brow - or Ridge,
• High Park in Toxteth and the Toxteth Ridge,
• Mossley Hill,
• Childwall Hill,
• Olive Mount and the Old Swan Ridge,
• and Camp Hill in Woolton.

The above list make up the seven, distinctive, and genuinely geological ‘high points’ of our wonderful City.

Another association that we have with Italy’s ‘Eternal City’ is our many remarkable public and civic buildings in the city-centre, which were built by the Victorians. these stand as a glorious testament to their belief that, just as Rome was the capital of that great empire, so Liverpool was the trading capital of the British Empire - in fact, it was the 'second city' after London. (information freely available on the web)

In closing may I quote the first section of the Book of Romans in the Bible. These are words that are worth repeating:

Romans 1 New King James Version (NKJV)

Greeting

1 Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God2 which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, 3 concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, 4 and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.5 Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name, 6 among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;

7 To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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