Word for the Week

The Eternal Word

Week beginning: 6th November, 2016 | By John Scriven | Bath

'The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever.'

Isaiah 40 v 8 (NKJV)

In an age where religion may be seen as personal preference or cultural inheritance (Anthony Appiah spoke of this recently in his first Reith lecture this year), our faith stands on firmer ground. While Christianity explains the human condition (why