by David Torkington | May 19, 2022 | Mystical Theology
Although Christ performed most of the religious practices that his parents taught him, there is no evidence that he offered sacrifices in the Temple. Why? Because he came to introduce the new sacrifice ‘in spirit and in truth’ that he promised to the Samaritan woman....
by David Torkington | Apr 30, 2022 | Mystical Theology
You could write me off as an incurable romantic if I told you that I believe in love at first sight? I have not only come across it in fiction but in real life too. In fact, so have you if you have read the Gospels, because I believe that they begin with the best...
by David Torkington | Apr 23, 2022 | Christian Prayer
One of the most surprising truths that I learnt when I first started to study scripture was that there is no record of Christ going into the Temple to offer sacrifice. The reason was because he had come to set up a new Temple as he was to promise the Samaritan...
by David Torkington | Apr 13, 2022 | Mystical Theology
I was hardly out of my pram when World War II began. I may not have any war wounds to brag about but I do have memories, terrible memories of the fear that gripped me when the sirens began to whine. I would hear the planes and the rockets overhead and the sound of the...
by David Torkington | Apr 3, 2022 | Mystical Theology
It was on the eve of Christmas many years ago that I was told I had failed my religious knowledge examination, and I cried myself to sleep. I was only 10 years old at the time and the news devastated me. It was the worst Christmas I ever had. When asked to explain...