40 blogs of Lent - Day 21 What are the seven spirits of God? Messages to the churches - Day 17 Sardis - Day 1 And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. The website About Archaeology says: "Ancient …
Month: Mar 2018
I will give him the morning star
40 blogs of Lent - Day 20 I will give him the morning star Messages to the churches - Day 16 Thyatira - Day 4 A poem - A train of thought experiment in blank verse. The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule …
Hold on fast
40 blogs of Lent - Day 16 Hold on fast Messages to the churches - Day 15 Thyatira - Day 3 I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. ... But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this …
Why can’t we have both of them?
40 blogs of Lent - Day 18 Why can't we have both of them? Messages to the churches - Day 14 Thyatira - Day 2 ‘I know your works, ... But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practise sexual immorality …
What’s in your hand?
40 blogs of Lent - Day 17 What's in your hand? Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 5th March, 2018 Church today, and after trudging through the remains of last week's unseasonably late snow, I grabbed an unusual for me before service coffee before entering the sanctuary. Other than the outside temperature, there was nothing unusual …
Judgement
40 blogs of Lent - Day 16 Judgement Messages to the churches - Day 13 Thyatira - Day 1 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze. Thyatira is located in western Asia …
New stone – New start
40 blogs of Lent - Day 15 New stone — New start Messages to the churches - Day 12 Pergamum - Day 4 A thought experiment in free verse. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, …
Five types
5 types of diabetes? The morning news bulletins are saying that Scandinavian scientists are saying there are not two types of diabetes, as previously thought,but at least five, and could be more. The research, from Sweden and Finland, shows that there may be sub types with different causes. These are broken down into clusters: …
The compromising church
40 blogs of Lent - Day 14 The compromising church Messages to the churches - Day 11 Pergamum - Day 3 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat …