Halton Castle

Halton Castle, near Runcorn in Cheshire, is now a ruinous old fort, belonging to a public house for which it serves as a rather impressive beer garden. Now a mere curiosity, it was once a place to which royalty resorted. King John came here in 1207, Edward II in 1323 and its owner later that century was its fifteenth lord, Henry Bolingbroke, who became Henry IV and the first Lancastrian king. Now the haunt of boozing locals, this is where the rich and powerful once ruled the land, albeit for short periods.

Man was designed to be God’s earthly viceroy, ruling the earth on His behalf. From the Fall, his heart became a barren place of staleness and fag ends, sodden beer mats and faded upholstery. Through Christ, however, who came to restore and redeem Man, he once again obtains his royal status, recovering his rightful place in God’s glorious hierarchy.

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. Ecclesiastes 10:7

A. D