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Scripture declares that “God has put everything under Christ’s feet” (Ep 1:22). But why? Solely for your benefit, and mine! For it goes on to say − “... and has made him head over everything for the Church.” On behalf of the Church, God raised Jesus from the dead; on behalf of the Church, the Saviour was exalted on high; on behalf of the Church, he now reigns in the heavenlies; on behalf of the Church, everything has been placed under his feet.  Read More

Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians contains that rarest of things, a cluster of ideas that no one on earth had ever before imagined! It defies the maxim of old that “there is nothing new under the sun” (Ec 1:9-10). This small letter is filled with concepts that here come into the world for the very first time. It is a miracle! If someone wants to scorn the gospel, then he must first explain away the divine mystery of Ephesians. How could any man have conceived and written such things, unless they are simply true? Read More

“When the Magi saw the star, they went wild with excitement!” (Mt 2:9-10)

The most-translated poem in the world was written in 1806 by a young English woman, Jane Taylor, who was only 23 at the time. It is Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, which actually has 5 stanzas. The last one reads –

As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveller in the dark,
Tho’ I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star!

One of the special boons of childhood is a sense of wonder – and a chief bane of adult life is a loss of wonder, when we become grown-up, blasé and cynical. Read More