Advent haiku Jesus will return. Stay awake, you do not know just when he will come
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
Names of God—Part 35
YHWH M'Kaddesh and Elohim Kedoshim Names of God—Part 35 The LORD who sanctifies and the Holy God YHWH is God’s actual name which he revealed to Moses from the burning bush, it implies the personal nature of God. The second part of the name here is how God relates to us: Most of these names …
Riff on (and on and on…)
The need for riffs in music. I haven't written a music blog for ages, so here goes ... Riffs are not just for Classic Rock and Metal, no matter how important they are for those styles. Where would Metallica's Enter Sandman be without that glorious riff? But it's not just guitar, where would Coldplay's Clocks, …
Let’s talk about the money, money, money – James pt 5
Prayer is effective Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 25 November 2016 It was nice to see a djembe being played at the service this morning. Our contemporary worship is getting some interesting instruments played these days. Today the accents played on the guitar were slightly ahead of the beat and percussion accents were laid back …
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Thank you Anne Hegerty
TVs The Governess from the quiz show The Chase, Anne Hegarty, has spoken of her autism this week on the show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here. The response has been great. Immediately after Anne spoke the National Autistic Society website went down, due to heavy internet traffic. The response in Twitter, so …
Names of God—Part 34
YHWH Makkeh Names of God—Part 34 The LORD who smites YHWH is God’s actual name which he revealed to Moses from the burning bush, it implies the personal nature of God.The second part of the name here is how God relates to us:-o0o-This is actually one of the names of God I have been dreading, …
Societies or Society, and how theology has changed.
Societies or Society Changes in theology in the 19th century A lot has changed since John Wesley said in the mid 18th Century that the only holiness was social holiness he was not saying what many think he was saying. Even the church that was founded in his name, the Methodists, talk of personal and …
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Self-serving arguments or lying to yourself – James Pt5
Faith and humility Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 18 November 2018 Faith and humility was the theme of yesterday's service and also the sermon title. I have ranted before on how using two abstract nouns conveys no meaning, I am not repeating that now. During the week, in a conversation about the recent sermons on …
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Names of God—Part 33
YHWH Yireh Names of God—Part 33 The LORD will sort it YHWH is God’s actual name which he revealed to Moses from the burning bush, it implies the personal nature of God. The second part of the name here is how God relates to us: Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son” Abe …
More devoted to order than justice.
Tone Policing Martin Luther King Jr, in his Letter from Birmingham Jail, complained that he was gravely disappointed with the white moderate who was interested more in order than in justice, condemning this form of silencing. This is what is meant by tone policing. Have you ever told someone that you will listen to them if …
Making an ass of myself 