I must Decrease - 1 Timothy 1:17 Songs in the New Testament, part 7 Immortal, invisible, God only wise,in light inaccessible hid from our eyes,most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise. Walter C. Smith (1847) A winding dirt path stretches through colorful rolling hills under a dramatic sunrise. …
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Jesus and his Brothers Who is Jesus? part 74 - John 7:1-11 If you say that you are mineI'll be here till the end of timeSo you got to let me knowShould I stay, or should I go?(Written by Mick Jones and Joe Strummer) The Clash's lyric is lightheartedly showing the sort of dilemma Jesus …
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Comparingthe festival of Booths to the Sabbath and Passover Who is Jesus? part 73 There's no Bible passage this week, quite a bold/stupid move when I'm slowly working through a Gospel. Take your pick as to which it is. Possibly both! What I'm looking at is the big picture. John's Gospel chapters 5 to 10 …
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Having autism and ADHD is like wearing a tie-dye shirt Before 2013, diagnostic criteria said that if you were autistic you could not have ADHD and if you had ADHD you could not be autistic. A study from 2022 suggests that 50 to 70% of autistic people have co-existing ADHD and up to 20% of …
How to leave the church Who is Jesus? part 72 I want to have some fun with this. When working through the debate following Jesus feeding the 5,000 I was drawn to four words on how the people were reacting to Jesus. These are, in the ESV translation, seeking, grumbled, disputed and turning away, (sorry, …
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Departing Who is Jesus? part 71 - John 6:60-71 That's me in the cornerThat's me in the spotlight, losing my religion(Peter Buck / Michael Mills / William Berry / Michael Stipe Copyright Night Garden Music 1991) Hey, that's me there in the corner, my head upon my handsOr maybe I'm the one who's trying to …
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Striving Who is Jesus? part 70 - John 6:49-59 Drop Thy still dews of quietness,till all our strivings cease;take from our souls the strain and stress,and let our ordered lives confessthe beauty of Thy peace. Words from the poem The Brewing of Soma, by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 - 1892), the last of the 17 …
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A baptismal song - Ephesians 5:14 Songs in the New Testament, part 6 It's a short one this month, not even a whole verse in the Bible, but it comes at a unique location in Paul's writing. A glowing heroine ascends amidst shadows with radiant beams of light. for anything that becomes visible is light. …
Trent Vineyard - Sunday 7 June 2026 "It's too big for me." Those were the words of my wife while sitting down in this church in a warehouse. Having said that, those were the only negative words said about this church in Nottingham, England. Sorry, there's no photos of mine of the inside, I was …
Grumbling Who is Jesus? part 69 - John 6:35-48 There used to be a lot of starlings settling in Huddersfield town centre. I remember looking at the circling patterns of birds and walking into a lamp post. Pure slapstick. That was 50 years ago, now there are hardly any starlings, definitely not enough for a …
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Making an ass of myself 