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, …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Limping
Yesterday at Church we sang We are marching in the light of God. Happily for me, I'm a percussionist, the singing was good. The syncopation was good too, much better than it was a few years back. Looking around after the service I noticed the number of people in the church who use sticks and …
The Greatest
The heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali styled himself as The Greatest. "I said I am the greatest even before I knew I was," is an interesting quote of his. But even though in the opinion of many who have studied the sport that Ali was the greatest ever heavyweight, and he was certainly the greatest of …
Billy and John
That's Billy Graham and John Stott, two Evangelical leaders from two different countries that both supported each others work and also disagreed on seriou s points. 1974, the year I became a Christian all over again, was the year of the fall out. Graham wanted the evangelical church to focus on Evangelism, Stott wanted to …
Making an ass of myself 