Steve Chalke, C S Lewis, Benedict XVI and the salvation of Muslims Steve Chalke likes to be controversial. His latest shaking up of the Evangelical world is suggesting that there may be salvation to some people who are outside the Christian church. It reminded me of a bit towards the end of the children's novel …
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Names of God - Part 4 El Elyon It is only the fourth in the series on the names of God and already a pattern has started to appear. It is not just about what the name reveals about the nature of God, but God is to be worshipped for that also. A quick recap: …
Free breakfast Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 22 April 2018 Today we only had one of our morning services, the earlier traditional one. The second service, the contemporary music one, made way for the APCM, the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. I attended both. I will not be commenting on the content of the meeting other …
The Names of God - Part 3 Elohim The first name for God in the Bible is Elohim. "In the beginning, God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth." This is the creator God. The God who made the Universe. But the word is unique in the ancient Semitic languages in that the ending is plural …
Grumbling, cowboys and burdens (and football) Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 15th April 2018 Our Vicar, Mike, is a fan of football, and more specifically supports Watford. Yesterday Watford FC were up here, and Mike and a number of the congregation had a box at the game. Huddersfield beat Watford 1 - 0. I knew …
God can't use me An excuse I am used to hearing. If comes from those who think you have to be especially holy or spiritual. God uses big S saints, the special ones. Well that is wrong. Absolutely totally wrong. Because if God waited to use the holy, spiritual special ones he'd be waiting a …
The Names of God - Part 2 Elah or Elahi Elah is the name for God in Aramaic and is used in a similar way to the Hebrew El, it is found only in the books of Daniel and Ezra. The addition of the letter i at the end of the word signifies 'my' so …
Three brief things Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 8th April 2018 One: Helping autistic people A very minor niggle, but it is Autism Awareness Month, so I'm putting something in here. To those involved in leading a church service: Do not be afraid to wait until the people reading the lessons or leading intercessions have …
The names of God - Part 1 El During the lent blogs I looked at the titles of Jesus used in the letters to the churches part of the book of revelation. I thought it would be good to look at how God is named in the rest of the Bible, both Old Testament and …
This blog by Miriam Gwynne really touched my heart; I’m sure it will touch yours too so I’m reblogging it. See more of Miriam’s wonderful writing at http://www.faithmummy.wordpress.com It’s Easter Sunday, the very centre of my beliefs as a Christian, that my Lord and Saviour not only died for me on a cross to carry my …
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