No Room for Them
"There was no room for them in the inn" (Luke 2:7). As Christmas day brings us around to the blessed story of the Savior's birth, it reminds us of a circumstance connected with that event which still is timely in [...]
“When Prayer Fails, Try Praise.” Really?
Sometimes phrases just stand out on my screen and almost shout at me to think about them. These are "Really?" moments, and the title was one of these. Every day I look through a list of ebooks under the broad [...]
Fully-functioning Faith
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony” (Hebrews 11:1-2). It is obvious from an examination of the Bible record, both in the Old [...]
Except by Faith
I had been taught through the years the Bible and the gospel. But external teaching does not save. It may be fuel for the lamp of the Spirit, that is all. How does God speak then, and how do we [...]
Can we really “enjoy” our Bibles?
To many people, the Bible is an old-fashioned book that's fine for little old ladies and funerals but of limited or no value in their daily life. How wrong they are! The Bible can be an exciting book and more [...]
About Nothing
About nothing, one may think, nothing can be said. It does look like an unlikely subject for a teaching. Plato would disagree; he said "I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I [...]
“We Want Another Pentecost”
I learned an essential lesson as a young Christian, and that was not to take my theology from hymns or praise and worship songs, but only from the Bible. For example, in the denomination in which I was brought up, [...]
60 Years of Ministry
30th March 1958 -- 2018 and onwards! The Wades Remember the Journey Much of our early history up to our marriage is portrayed in the photo album online at http://peterwade.com/wades (scroll to the bottom). On the spiritual side Vivien [...]
A Reluctant God?
I read on Facebook recently a post from a minister I have personally known for 50 years, who has been told by his physician that he is dying after a four-year battle with disease. I pray that he will recover. [...]
Stop the World, I Want to Get Off!
The above title, "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off!" is taken from a Broadway musical that was popular in the United States in the 1960s and revived in the 1980s. It concluded with the song "What Kind of [...]