by Mark Woods | Jan 9, 2009 | Opinion
Serious times call for serious people, and it’s hard to imagine more serious times than these. War in Afghanistan is going badly (read the history books, and you will realise that the only non-Afghan who could not have written that sentence was Alexander the...
by Mark Woods | Nov 11, 2008 | Opinion
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s problem is its wealth. It is the size of Western Europe, and it is quite staggeringly rich in diamonds, coal, oil, and coltan, an essential ingredient in mobile telephones. Its very identity is a product of European rapacity;...
by Mark Woods | Oct 22, 2008 | Opinion
Early signs as we go to press are good; the markets are picking up, and Gordon Brown has won plaudits from almost everyone for his and the Treasury’s handling of the situation. That there are hard times ahead is indisputable ”and for anyone losing their job...
by Mark Woods | Jul 26, 2007 | Opinion
“All your waves and billows have gone over me.” (Ps. 42:7) The Psalmist was referring to a spiritual state of abandonment, using terms reflecting a sense of helplessness in the face of events beyond human control. The floods that struck England and Wales...
by Mark Woods | May 17, 2007 | Opinion
William Carey published his “Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Convert the Heathens” in 1792. Its title was not exactly snappy, but its effect was seismic. From it arose the modern missionary movement. We know about this, but there is a...
