On Friday I was diagnosed as diabetic. This was, of course, a shock, on top of my other medical and other problems: Arthritis in the talonavicular joint in the right foot. Eyesight which although corrected by glasses does not respond quickly to changes in light intensity. Suspected Asperger's syndrome. (Okay, this last one isn't medical). …
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
Why?
News: Paris 13/11/2015. At least 120 dead, 200 injured, 80 of them seriously are the figures in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in Paris.If you count the relatives that is a lot of people affected. The question is being asked, why do they do it? I have no wish to be patronising, but what a …
My super power
An ice breaker to get people talking to each other is to ask 'What super power would you like to possess?'Answers that come back are usually something from the comic books: To run faster than a speeding train, To leap tall buildings at a single bound, To be able to see through solid walls, I …
Do not over analyse
Sipech was right. In last month's blog off he wrote: To me the starting point of Christianity has to be Jesus. Many have started off with the idea of “God” and many words are spilled before we even get onto Jesus. And that is it. It is the be all and end all of how …
How I read the Bible
This started out with a comment from Sipech on Twitter, where he was asking what to blog about. So we set out to each do a blog with the same title : How I read the Bible Back in July I blogged on The Bible - What is it? This is more about how it …
Full Circle
Full Circle Galatians Part 11 This is the last post in the Galatians series, and has taken me a long time. What was supposed to be a sprint through the book turned into a bit of a slog. It was meant to have been written in some pool time on Holiday in Morocco in September, …
On your way down
On your way down Galatians part 10 The American rock band Little Feat sang, It's high time that you found The same people you misuse on your way up You might meet up On your way down. The Apostle Paul would have loved that song. Here's his version: Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, …
No law?
No law? Galatians part 9 This must be the the most read bit of the book of Galatians: But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, …
It isn’t nice
It isn't nice Galatians part 8 Have you ever been told off because what you have said in church isn't nice? It seems that any language that isn't nice should not be said, especially if we sound angry. Bear this in mind as we look at what Paul says next in Galatians: For freedom Christ …
Pay the fine
There's a popular sermon illustration that goes something like this: God in the gospel, we sometimes say, is like a judge who has a guilty party before him at the bar, and he pronounces the sentence—whether it is five years in jail, a $10,000 fine, or whatever. Then the judge steps down from the bench, …
Making an ass of myself 