Category: Theology / Bible Study

Discerning The Signs of the Times

Posted on: 12 September 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Theology / Bible Study] 

Discerning The Signs of the Times

This video and article are based upon passages in Luke chapters 12-13. Here, Jesus rebukes the crowds for not discerning the signs of the times, and also tells the parable of the barren fig tree. Those things of which He spoke came to fulfilment with the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. Today, we have other signs of the times, such as:

• The restoration of Israel.
• The Church in every nation.
• Rapid increase in persecution of Christians.

In the light of these signs, we need to be getting ready for the Second Coming.

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Wrestling with God

Posted on: 11 September 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Theology / Bible Study] 

Wrestling with God

This video and article come out of a study of Ruth chapter 1, where Ruth pleads to go with her mother-in-law Naomi. Richard then goes on to cite various examples of people pleading/wrestling with God, such as Abraham, Jacob, Moses, the Syro-Phoenician woman, and the parable of the persistent widow. In the present age when the world is very much at odds with God, it is all the more important that we are willing to persist in pleading and wrestling with God.

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Multiculturalism and Human Rights from God's Perspective?

Posted on: 05 September 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Theology / Bible Study] 

Multiculturalism and Human Rights from God's Perspective?

In this video and article, Richard discusses some of the implications of attitudes to multiculturalism and human rights in today's world.

• Whilst recognising that the world's population is diverse in terms of culture and customs, there is nevertheless a real danger that we can end up compromising our Judeo-Christian heritage, simply by doing things in the name of muticulturalism.
• Whilst there is a fundamental need to protect the rights and safety of our citizens, we now see society pushing a human rights agenda, that goes far beyond the laws and precepts of God.

We need the wisdom to see these things from God's perspective.

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The Destruction of Christianity?

Posted on: 04 September 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Theology / Bible Study] 

The Destruction of Christianity?

In this video and article, Richard tells us how, in the 1830s, a group of geologically informed people defended the Biblical account of the Flood on the basis of that which was observed in the earth's rocks. At that time, it included things such as polystrate fossils (i.e. spanning multiple rock layers). Unfortunately their work was ignored with the rise of the Theory or Evolution, and in the long run, this has had a devastating effect on the western world. We now have further evidence such as soft tissue in fossils. Will the Church wake up and start to defend the truth of the Bible, and will the academic world repent?

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Hymns/Songs Part of the Collective Memory of the Church

Posted on: 03 September 2025 by Richard Worsley
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Hymns/Songs Part of the Collective Memory of the Church

This video is a follow-on from Richard's recent post Daily Listening to Hymns, and introduces the need to include contemporary worship songs alongside the more traditional hymns, bringing out the fact that the whole spectrum of worship music, from the Reformation through to the present day, is all a valuable part of the Church's heritage.

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The Rise of Atheism in the UK

Posted on: 31 August 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Theology / Bible Study] 

The Rise of Atheism in the UK

In this video, Richard introduces an article from Prophecy Today, which reflects on the subject of the rise of atheism in the UK and western society. One key observation is in the fact that children tend to follow their parents, so if the parents do not live out a life showing the need for faith, then the children are more likely to become non-believers. Another interesting statistic that comes out concerns the role of fathers. If the father of a household engages in religious activities and lives a life of faith, then there is a high probability that the whole household will follow in coming to faith. Whilst it is true that every individual needs to come to their own decision in life, we can nevertheless see the great importance of the role of the family.

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Seattle and Vancouver - a Spiritual Reflection

Posted on: 29 August 2025 by Richard Worsley
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Seattle and Vancouver - a Spiritual Reflection

In this video and article, Richard reflects upon a recent visit to the cities of Seattle and Vancouver. Although they are both very beautiful and prosperous, and were founded by societies that were essentially Christian, Richard comments on how one can now see a completely different god at work in such places. This can perhaps be compared to the words of Jesus that the last days would be like the days of Sodom and Gomorrah, and considering there is so much evidence that we are now living in the last days, how much greater the urgency that we should be praying for our nations.

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Daily Listening to Hymns

Posted on: 25 August 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Theology / Bible Study] 

Daily Listening to Hymns

In this video, Richard introduces an article of his own, the aim of which is to provide a link to listen to a different hymn for each and every day of the year. As this blog post goes to press, the compilation is still a work in progress with a few gaps yet to be filled, but is the majority of the way towards completion.

We live in an age where older hymns are largely ignored in many evangelical/charismatic circles, and Richard encourages us not to forget the old hymns, as they are a great heritage of what God has done in the Church and in the lives of individual believers.

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Need for Holiness

Posted on: 24 August 2025 by Richard Worsley
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Need for Holiness

In this article, Richard talks about the need for holiness, both in the Church and on the part of individual believers. There is much evidence to suggest that we are living in the last days, and this being the case, makes the need for holiness all the more urgent. Holiness is something that is imparted to us as part of our salvation, but having said that, we need to actively maintain it in our daily lives, particularly as we are living in an age of much ungodliness and temptation.

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Bible Commentaries and Eschatological Prophecies

Posted on: 22 August 2025 by Richard Worsley
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Bible Commentaries and Eschatological Prophecies

You may wish to refer back to The Historicist Interpretation of the Book of Revelation for some background information. In this video, Richard talks about how the mainstream view shifted from the historicist interpretation to the futurist interpretation in the 19th Century, and how Bible commentaries over the centuries reflect this. Whilst acknowledging the complexities involved in the interpretation of prophecy, Richard tends to lean towards a favourable view of the historicist interpretation, saying that if this is right, then we can argue that there are not many prophecies left to be fulfilled, thus raising the sense of urgency that we are living in the last days.

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