The 4th book of Psalms Hallelujah One teaching method used by Jesus in his ministry is the chiasm, a series of statements that are then repeated and developed in reverse order. An early one comes in Genesis 9:6 in the ESV because unlike the KJV and others it follows the word order of the Hebrew …
Capitalism, a Christian perspective?
Can you be a Christian and a capitalist? A question asked on Twitter this week and the answers were as I expected, some not only saying no, but suggesting that the teachings of Jesus are consistent with communism. I will be dealing with the socialist side of things in the second of these two blogs, …
Count your blessings – Psalm 105
The 4th book of Psalms Hallelujah! There are a lot of psalms which tell of God's faithfulness through generations, but this one focuses on two events, God saving the household of Isaac from a famine by taking them into Egypt and then years later saving the descendants of these people from what had become a …
Covid-19 and the Church of England
Before I say how I think it will go, and what the churches will do we have to look at what we are contending with. The data I am working with is from the British Government's website https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ as of Thursday 15th July 2021 and John Hopkins University of Medicine from Wednesday 16th July which …
Defining autistic people by upsetting them
I had an experiment. I put the words autism and behaviour into Google and looked at the fist result. This is about how people see us. This in italics below is what I found A child or adult with autism spectrum disorder may have limited, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests or activities, including any of these signs: Performs …
Flat Earth? – Psalm 104
The 4th book of Psalms Psalm 104 is a hymn of praise to God the creator for the wonderful world he made. It has not always been seen like that. Science or religion? There are some Christians who say we should not trust science and some scientists that say we should not trust religion. One …
I shall continue to wear a mask
What is so good about normal? Does anyone actually think Britain before lockdown was an idealist utopia? So why is there this desire to return to normal when that normal is flawed. It looks like there is a vast lack of willingness to help when society could be enhanced. "I want to be able to …
Jesus loves to take what’s ruined and beautify it
I have seen a lot recently about how toxic social media is. The irony is this: They were all posted on social media. I am sure that the intention of Mark Zuckerberg's intention when starting Facebook was not to facilitate hate, and people have been removed from that network for hate crimes as they have …
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The 13 attributes of mercy – Psalm 103
The 4th book of Psalms This psalm and the three following ones are hymns, songs of praise to God, and bring the fourth book of psalms to a conclusion. This psalm has 22 verses, the same as the number of verses in the Jewish alphabet, though not an acrostic, as many of these kind of …
Avoiding ableist language
Do you think you are doing a good job if you reserve spaces for wheelchairs, and provide ramps for wheelchairs? Think again. Identity first? I am a person of Britishness. Does this sentence look odd? Because that is what language looks like if we were to fully adopt the Person first language that we are …
