What is the Good News?

The Good News at its heart is a declaration that Jesus Christ is in charge, he is Lord of all. The resurrection of Jesus was a vindication of his claims to have "all authority" and that he had a special relationship to God the Father (I and the Father are one). Jesus's death was in obedience to God the Father and in it he accomplished his great victor over sin and death. The Good News is that Jesus in in charge, the Good News is also that Jesus in his death has wind for us the victory over sin and death. This latter victory means that those who recognise him as Lord and choose to follow him get to receive the blessing of eternal life that he brings. This receiving of eternal life as a free victory gift from Jesus is also called being "born again". This is all so well known even Wiki gets it right, as we discussed on The Good News Show recently. But it needs to be appropriated personally to be effective, that is, each person needs to not only know it, but act on it. And to act on it is to believe.

Blood Moon 2026: What Does the Bible Actually Mean by “The Moon [shall be turned] to Blood”?

The bulk of this article was originally published May 2014. Updated 28 August 2026. Taken by the Author: 28.08.2026 In the early hours of 28 August 2026, another so-called “blood moon” appeared over Britain. It was actually a very deep partial lunar eclipse, with most of the Moon passing into the darkest part of the Earth’s shadow and taking on that extraordinary copper-red colour. And whenever the Moon turns red, Bible prophecy is rarely far behind. There is, after all, a famous passage in the Bible which speaks of precisely this: “The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood.” It sounds dramatic. It is dramatic. But what does it actually mean? Peter says: “This is what was spoken” To answer that, we need to go to Acts chapter 2. At Pentecost, people had gathered in Jerusalem from many different nations. The Holy Spirit was poured out upon the disciples and they began speaking in other tongues. The crowd was astonished. Some, showing that cheap explanations of relig...

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What God says is more important than the way we feel. What Jesus has to say to us is more important than our current emotional state. Psalm 119:16 says, “I will delight myself in your statutes: I will not forget thy word.” God’s promises are not mottos that we can hang on the wall, they are rather checks we can take to the bank. God’s promises are absolutely sure. He wouldn’t throw away a book full of pre-signed checks, God has pre-signed these checks to us. God’s promises are absolutely certain to gain remittance when we cash them. God’s promises always pay back. We should always be ready to learn more about what God has promised to us, and claim what it says in them. Remind God of what he’s promised to do. “Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding.” Proverbs 3:13 Reading the Bible, studying it, listening the sermons, going to church and hearing the preacher and if possible, questioning the teacher afterwards, or in a small group or bible study...

Good New Year to You

Article by George Cross in 1967 In 1967 George Cross predicted that in the 21st Century Ice Hockey games would no longer have boards round them to prevent the puck going out of bounds. Rather, he surmised that the game would be surrounded by a force field. This is rather a prosaic use of the futuristic concept of force-fields. However, lasers are used for life changing surgery on eyes and to improve self esteem in plastic surgery. They are not used that often as the weapon so beloved in Sci Fi stories of old. You never know what the future may hold. One thing that George Cross did not predict was that Ice Hockey would not be around. There were certain things he assumed would remain constant. But with the culture around us changing at a dizzying pace there is little that we can assume will remain constant. This is unsettling. However we can be confident that the Lord Jesus Christ will be here , the same Lord, Saviour and friend. He will be wit...

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