Dave Burke

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Forgiveness can be the greatest challenge to a Christian. Could you forgive the killer of your own daughter? Perhaps you could say the words, “I forgive him”. But surely you would struggle for years with the feelings of anger and grief?

If you are a vegetarian for ethical reasons (because you don’t like what they do to animals) I salute you.  If you are a vegetarian because you are suspicious about what Bernard Matthews puts into your Turkey Twizzlers – I suspect you may be right – I may even join you one day.  But being a vegetarian will not detox your soul...

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also

Love God and love your neighbour and you store up treasure in heaven.  But how do you open a bank account in heaven in the first place?

British people work longer hours than any of their counterparts in Europe. You can tell, their daughters get pregnant younger than the other girls in Europe and their children are significantly unhappier than children in other European countries. We love to proclaim that families need fathers, but so many married mums are, in effect, single parents because the husband is out all the time.

Anyone with half a brain can see that overwork is not macho… it is stupid. part of the answer is to recover the Christian Sabbath.