Isleworth Congregational Church
Twickenham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 7EU, United Kingdom
by Donald A.G. Burling Have you ever seen a picture of an old man with a flowing beard, holding a scythe and an hour glass? This image of “Father Time” used to be quite common, particularly around the New Year. It is in fact derived from representations of the Roman god Saturn, the father god […]
Read on...by Donald A.G. Burling “I am the Lord thy God . . . Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” So begin the Ten Commandments given through Moses to the people of Israel just escaped from slavery in Egypt. Yet within a few weeks of receiving this command they were resorting to the kind […]
Read on...by Donald A.G. Burling I recently listened to a reading of Luke chapter 2, and it occurred to me that this must be the best known chapter in the Bible. Millions of people have heard, at church or at school, the story of the Roman census, the journey to Bethlehem, the lack of room in […]
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