As far as I know, we have no photographs of Jesus. Nor TV, nor YouTube live-streaming, nor audio-recordings. We do have lots of writings about him, but nothing written by him. He chose to live in a time and in a way where you could only meet him in person....

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I recently took a run down to Ardrossan just for a walk and change of scenery. It’s always nice to be able to go back to the old home town, especially when you can take it easy and reminisce. In my lifetime there, we lived in three different houses: Coalhill...