Roles of the Spirit 1: Comforter or Helper And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will …
Category: God blogs
When I meditate I feel discouraged
When I meditate I feel discouraged When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah Psalm 77:3 ESVUK When I meditate I feel discouraged. Words from the Good News Bible from the above verse, and for a lot of my time in the last 14 years also my experience. Following an accident, not …
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 9: Pledge
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 9: Pledge, deposit or guarantee I'm always a bit dubious when I see the sort of Christian advertising that guarantees a blessing. I would love to claim a free spiritual blessing if you read my blog but I cannot. Occasionally someone will say that God has blessed them through something …
Does God approve of mixed-race marriages?
Moses' foreign wives Where is God in this (ii) This is the second (probably last) in a series looking at difficult passages in the Bible and asking 'Where is God in this?' Moses had two wives and neither of them was Hebrew. The first, Zipporah or Tzipora was from the tribe of Midian, Moses married …
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 8: Oil
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 8: Oil Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head. Ecclesiastes 9:8 ESV Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, …
God listens to the abused
Hagar Where is God in this (i) 'Where is God in this?'—I intend this to be an occasional series in my blogs, although only the first two are planned, about those really difficult, uncomfortable parts of the Bible, and where God is to be found in those stories. Among the worst of the stories in …
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 7: Wine
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 7: Wine And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, Ephesians 5:18–19 And at this sound the multitude came together, and …
