Reason 1 — It is proportional. The penalty for theft was to pay back twice what was stolen. You steal a £1 loaf of bread, you are fined £2. That's £1 to pay back the loaf and you are out of by £1 which is the cost of hat you stole. But if a bank employee …
Category: God blogs
5 odd ways to be good
God is good. The Christians like to sing that in their children's songs. In the adult songs the wording can be more sophisticated, but the meaning is the same. Jesus is God. the churches also teach that to their children and adults. It is part of standard Trinitarian theology, (sorry about the big words). So …
The vibe of the Sabbath
This blog is a reply I made to The Vible's blog "The Vibe of the Sabbath" I even stole their image. So God used so much energy that he needed to rest. Really? God does not need to rest, and the Sabbath was not created for God. Jesus said that The Sabbath was created for …
Who is in charge?
The politics of me. Who runs the country? Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned, and will no longer be Prime Minister, the Parliamentary Labour Party have revolted overwhelmingly against their leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and UKIP leader Nigel Farage has stood down. Post Brexit Britain is in turmoil. Over on the other side of the Atlantic …
Dark space
Back in June, I spoke about the corporate and personal sides of what the apostle Paul spoke about in Ephesians 3, in the blogs Loads More and Let's Get Personal. I said I would get back to say how this affects me personally, so here it is two weeks late. Some Christians give what they …
Let’s get personal
It's all about you. In the blog "Loads more" I mentioned that the more that God promises in Ephesians chapter 3 is corporate in its scope. But I did say, "We are promised the presence of God. we are promised the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives both corporately as a church and …
Loads more.
More than this? Have you ever thought you needed more? Ever wanted more? Have you ever prayed for more? Take a look at this prayer: For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he …
The parable of the football match
The kingdom of God is like a football match, which ... ... erm... Not a good start... Ten days ago I blogged: So why do we not hear modern day parables? Where is the story of a football match related to God’s will? As I had written that, I thought I may as well …
Walls
Holy Trinity Huddersfield 29 May 2016 A few notes on the sermon, based on the reading from Ephesians 2:11-22, This is not going to be the sermon as preached, or a review of it point by point, I did not take notes, but my impression from it. So apologies to Mike Wilkins in advance for …
Parables in the modern world.
Who knows anything about Mediterranean first century agricultural practise, other than what we have heard second hand, third hand or worse in church sermons. Take this: And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and …
Making an ass of myself 