Jesus is better than Moses, ner, ner, ner. This is not the tone of the next section of Hebrews, We are moving in to a long, long section of the book which deals with Jesus being greater than the Jewish Law given by Moses, so first he deals wit the one who brought the law, …
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
Year of the shoat
Or is that a geep? Whichever it is there is a problem. Because if this is the Chinese tear of the sheep, or year of the goat, or year of the ram ... the problem in English is that these are all translations of one Chinese word. So how do the Chinese deal with that …
Hebrews in Haiku 3
The law, it is good But Jesus Christ alone is Greater than the law 40 blogs of Lent day 12
The visitor
We had a visitor in church yesterday. Catherine Lee. our mission partner with CMS is over from Taiwan, visiting the partner churches. Today was our turn. What we learned was... well we learned a lot, But after the service and after some food we learned how the church in Taiwan was started because of a …
Reading between the lines
Don't give up. This is the message which starts Hebrews Chapter 2: This is why it’s necessary for us to pay more attention to what we have heard, or else we may drift away from it. If the message that was spoken by angels was reliable, and every offence and act of disobedience received an …
Head transplant
I was thinking of titling this GET AHEAD or I AIN'T GOT NO BODY, but the NewScientist article has got a better one: It's heady stuff. The sensationalism aside, and the Daily Telegraph with its Frankenstein headline is as sensationalist as it gets, my first thought was, "Why?" Because where the muscle structure or nerve structure …
Hebrews in Haiku 2
Neglect salvation And wonder where you started The turning away 40 blogs of Lent day 8
Labyrinth
Wakefield Last weekend we were in Wakefield for the Food, Drink and Rhubarb Festival. In the middle of the demonstration tents and stalls was the Cathedral. And in the cathedral was a labyrinth. Why a labyrinth? Other than some French cathedrals have them? And what are they for? The Wakefield labyrinth has instructions on how …
The other Oscars
And the award for the most ironic performance at a presentation ceremony goes to ... ... Jennifer Lopez. For tripping over her frock when going to present the Academy Award for ... ... best costume design.
Why Angels?
I'm looking at the book of Hebrews in the Bible — what an odd way to start. Angels. It can't be the number one priority can it? So why start with it? Now I've read the commentaries, and I have an excellent study Bible (ESV, I recommend it) and they all deal with the words …
Making an ass of myself 