In 1897, Adolph S. Ochs, the owner of the New York Times, adopted for his paper the motto, “All the news that’s fit to print”. It was a declaration of his intention to maintain high standards of journalism, as well as to hold to good taste and integrity in the advertising he would permit in the paper. The motto still appears on the paper’s masthead.

We live in a rapidly changing world. Technology is constantly advancing. Political leadership is continually changing hands. Cultural trends are always in flux. Even our physical bodies change.

Many of our difficulties in the Christian life stem from the fact that we don’t really know God as we ought to know Him. We don’t see Him as He is, and we don’t understand Him as He has made himself known in His word.

Different creatures are characterized by different, signature functions. Woodpeckers peck; beavers dam; spiders spin; songbirds sing. Likewise, different people in different jobs are characterized by different activities.

We are living in extraordinary days. The coronavirus pandemic has already shown itself to be the crisis of our generation. Perhaps with the exception of the generation who remember the Second World War, few of us will have seen such widespread disruption to daily life on a global scale.