"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ASK for in prayer, BELIEVE that you have RECEIVEd it, and it will be yours," advises Jesus (Mark 11:24 NIV). In 1994, a dog owned by a veterinarian in California, USA — Dr Hilary Petit — became critically ill. The dog was already very old (14 years) and could barely stand. Hilary diagnosed widespread metastatic cancer throughout its body. Four years earlier, the dog had undergone surgery to remove one eye because of a tumour behind it, foll

Executive Summary : Mothering Day in the UK, celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent (15 March in 2026), differs from American Mother's Day in both origin and timing. Rooted in Christian tradition, it originally involved returning to one’s “mother church” and evolved into a day honouring mothers, now celebrated with cards, gifts, and family time. The Bible offers many verses affirming maternal love, such as Isaiah 49:15 and 66:13, where God compares divine compassion to maternal

In contrast to the aforementioned non-vegan feasts included in the Parable of the Royal Banquet and the Parable of the Prodigal Son as told by Jesus, the wedding feast of the Messiah Himself is vegan. Various biblical passages describe a vegan wedding banquet in the New Heaven and New Earth, where the Messiah and His bride—representing the Church or God's enlightened ones—are united (Rev 19:7–9; Hos 2:19–20; Exod 20:13; John 3:16; Song of Solomon 2:16; Isa 25:6).. And if we w

Some critics argue that Jesus must have approved the killing of animals for food because two of his parables refer to slaughtered animals: the oxen and fattened cattle prepared for a royal banquet in Matthew 22:1–4, and the fattened calf killed to celebrate the return of the prodigal son in Luke 15:23. The first point to remember is that parables are teaching stories, not ethical manuals. They employ images familiar to the audience in order to convey a spiritual lesson. Jesus