Day 4 – Sorrow Turned To Joy
James Smith
August 20, 2026
The pain of the cross gives birth to a joy that no one can take away.
Day 3 – You Must Be Born Again
James Smith
August 19, 2026
We do not enter God’s kingdom by achievement but by a new birth from above.
Day 2 – Two Men, Two Destinies
James Smith
August 18, 2026
Adam brought sin and death; Jesus brings righteousness and life.
Day 1 – The World We Recognise
James Smith
August 17, 2026
The Bible explains both the goodness we remember and the brokenness we cannot escape.
An Ancient Story In A Christian Key
James Smith
August 14, 2026
I recently saw Christopher Nolan’s new film The Odyssey. I greatly enjoyed it and would warmly recommend it—although, at almost three hours, you may want to choose your cinema seat carefully!
The film has been both a critical and commercial success. Starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, Anne Hathaway as Penelope and Tom Holland as their son Telemachus, it has already earned more than $1.1 billion worldwide, becoming Nolan’s highest-grossing film.
Day 5 — A Hope Large Enough For Suffering
James Smith
August 14, 2026
Christianity neither denies suffering nor surrenders to it: God has entered it in Christ and promises renewal beyond it.
Day 4 — The God In Whom We Live
James Smith
August 13, 2026
Christianity makes sense of our existence, dignity, moral longing and restless search for God.
Day 3 — One Story, Centred On Jesus
James Smith
August 12, 2026
Jesus’ death and resurrection fulfil the long, coherent story God has been telling in Scripture.