The hands of the clock tick forward, not backward. Time only moves in one direction. By the time you finish this sentence, you’ll already be about five seconds older than when you started it, not five seconds younger. This present life is a one-way ticket in the direction of old age.
A lot has been said over the past few years about freedom of expression – who has the right to say what, is this kind of language acceptable, is that OK to say in public but not online, and what, if any, consequences should there be for offensive speech?
Guest feature by Lizzie Harewood, CEO of the Association of Christian Teachers
For 16 years, Tanni Grey-Thompson was an almost unstoppable force in wheelchair racing. Eleven gold medals, four silver and one bronze across five Paralympic Games have made her one of the most authoritative voices in disability sport.
When I joined The Christian Institute ten years ago it was this verse that resonated in my mind as I walked through the doors for the first time. Or more specifically, a portion of the verse: “[Jesus Christ] came from the Father, full of grace and truth”. It was my great desire to work somewhere that modelled “grace and truth” and to live them out in my own life.
In The Times earlier this month, James Marriott – a journalist who writes on society, culture, and ideas – recommended the podcast Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman.
