I'm having a bit of fun with this blog, just following a train of thought, with no idea where the argument is going: What would Jesus really do? Silly idea, but this most overused phrase (WWJD, or what would Jesus do) is not what some would think. If Jesus were around today, what would he …
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
I fought the law…
...and the law lost. When I was at school the headmaster tried to keep the number of rules to a minimum. Rules were for a reason, so with 700 students and several teachers changing classrooms at the same time there was a rule, you walk down corridors on the left, It made changing lessons so …
Normal Zayn
So Zayn Malik has quit One Direction because he wants to be a normal 22 year old. Nice start Zayn, but there's more to do to be a normal 22 year old. Here's the next step. Give away your money. It is not normal for 22 year olds to be millionaires. Move back in with …
Psalm 2, a sonnet
The nations rage and peoples vainly plot, And kings of earth will take all of the day, They talk against God and his Son. They say: Let's burst or chains and escape from this lot. The Lord who sits in in heaven laughs at will, He holds them in derision. We shall see. Him terrify …
Mel, Abe and the priests
The next bit of Hebrews is difficult to understand. For those who are unfamiliar with the Old Testament it is almost impossible. It all hinges around two obscure obscure parts of the Old Testament, one about Abraham meeting Melchizedek. And a brief mention in the Psalms. There is more about the encounter here in Hebrews …
Judging and flights of fancy.
Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday, 22 March 2015 Today's sermon, the last in the sermon series on the Sermon on the mount, was on judging, or rather not on judging but on not judging. I think you understand what I mean by that. Now what you are not getting here is a breakdown of Mike's …
Simplicity
How to live simply. If you Google it you find that it means having less stuff. Or a smaller car. Generally downsizing seems to be the way forward. Except I can't understand how having a smaller car helps. You still have all the worries about a car. Not only that but the whole downsizing equals …
Let’s talk about sex.
Eroticism in the Bible Web surfing a couple of days ago I came across the Answering Christian site. Particularly a blog from 2011 on why sexual language in the Bible means the Bible cannot be the word of God. Why? There are Christians who have the same problem. To them there is the spiritual and …
Relationship
It is east to forget when you are looking at the Bible closely, as I am doing with the book of Hebrews, that the Bible is not a text book. Neither is it a book about philosophy. Not that there isn't any philosophy, and very good philosophy, in there. But that isn't what the Bible …
Healing
Why does God not heal is a question close to my heart. Nine years of pain had ne asking the wrong question. The question is why does God heal. The question "Why doesn't God heal," is full of problems. It assumes that the healing of everyone is what God wants, so we have to wonder …
Making an ass of myself 