Cass Backhouse

Where there is grace, there will be conflict. The believer is a soldier. There is no holiness without warfare. Saved souls will always be found to have fought a fight. - J.C Ryle. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses .1 tim 6:12 This week as we are reading Holiness by J.C Ryle in our book club, we are finding ourselves in a chapter called The Fight. And let me tell you, I...

How a few short verses on who God is transformed my aching and heavy heart. The world can be pretty dark and bleak. Iran and what’s happening there. Children born alive and left to die from failed abortions here in Aus. And then I’ve been looking into the Epstein files and trying to wade through fact and fiction. It’s horribly evil. Truly. It’s Old Testament Israel sacrificing kids, evil. Stuff I would prefer is conspiracy theory and leave it there, but we can’t. In the midst of that, and...

Ever notice in Psalm 23 it says: “Even though I walk through the darkest valley…” When I’m in darkness and fear surrounds me, I’m inclined to run, freeze, or hide - but walk ?No. Walking doesn't feel natural. I'd be running! But “walk” communicates something so important: steadfastness, strength, courage, and even peace. There is something we need to recognise here, a mark of a believer is one who walks , not runs, in hardship. They don’t run away. They don’t stop and despair. They move...