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 …
Category: God blogs
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 …
Grow up
There's no a lot that can be said about this bit of the letter to the Hebrews: About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the …
Worry
Jesus said: “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap …
9 years
Happy ninth birthday to walking with a stick. Happy ninth birthday to having pain all day, everyday. Happy ninth birthday to waking in pain (sometimes earlier than I wish), and going to sleep in pain (often later than I wish). But life is good. There are a lot of people in a far worse condition …
Hearts and minds
A few days ago I wrote about the worldwide growth in Christianity. How the decline of the church in the west is more than offset by growth in developing nations. But what has caused the decline. In Anglicanism (the tradition I know best) in the UK it is not all decline. Evangelicals seem to be …
Get angry…
Get angry... ...but do not sin. So says Paul's advice to the church in Ephesus, he adds to this, 'Don't stay angry all day.' (Ephesians 4: A lot of people see the negative things said about anger in the Bible and think it is wrong to get angry, but they miss the fist two words. Get …
Bias to the poor.
And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. And …
Giving up church for Lent
Rest awhile Google's goofing off policy is dead, or so it was reported in 2013. I suppose that is not surprising for a company on the stock exchange. What is surprising is that it has taken so long, as the company was floated in 2004. It isn't really about goofing off. It is just that …
Christianity is growing
... Slowly. In the west Christianity is in decline, but if it were as bad as some make out, its a wonder there's a church left in some countries at all. I some countries there are boasts of growth, such as the growth of protestantism in France and Brazil, but decline in membership of the …
Making an ass of myself 