Disturbing intrusive thoughtsthat make you worrythat you’re a bad person I get these thoughts. When I see the schemes of the bad guys in a James Bond film I think that it is tame, either they could just shoot Bond, or they could do something like suspend him over a tank of hungry piranha fish, …
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I will be with him in trouble: Psalm 91
The 4th book of Psalms This is a difficult Psalm to interpret. The problem comes in verses 11 and 12: For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. These words were quoted by Satan to …
I don’t get Holy Saturday
What do we make of this day? A day that is silent in the Bible, Jesus is executed and laid in the tomb on Good Friday, and then on the first day of the week, Sunday, women arrive at the tomb to bring spices to prepare the body, which in Middle Eastern heat would be …
Prince Philip 1921 – 2021
BBC local radio Service of the airwavesSunday 11th April 2021 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, taken in 2006 Normally at this time I post about a service I have attended. This Sunday was an exception. Being my father's 93rd birthday I was at his care home taking a conference call from my siblings. So I …
Asking God to repent: Psalm 90
The 4th book of Psalms In 2019, after having read through the bible twice in 30 months I decided that 2020 was to have its focus in worship. Then in March that year churches were closed. I have learned mote about worship in this last year than I have in many years when churches were …
Death is a liar
BBC Radio LeedsandHoly Trinity Church, HuddersfieldEaster Sunday, 4th April 2021 Holy Trinity Huddersfield illuminated. "Death is a liar," said Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury on BBC Radio Leeds and other local radio stations this morning. Death lies by saying it is not the end, and if we believe that lie we can become selfish. But …
We are an Easter people, and Hallelujah is our song
I wish all those reading this a happy and blessed Easter. Hallelujah, Christ is risen. This is really my post number 41 in the 40 blogs of Lent, because the story of the crucifixion does not end in a tomb. Easter, the resurrection of Jesus, is how the story of the death of Jesus ends. …
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Judgement has been brought into the present — Matthew 18:28–35
Humility and forgiveness — Part 1 40 blogs of Lent — day 40 The servant in the passage had a massive debt forgiven after pleading for more time when threatened with jail for owing so much. The king cancels the whole debt. Photo by Donald Tong on Pexels.com 28 But when that same servant went out, …
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Forgiveness has been brought into the present — Matthew 18:21–27
Humility and forgiveness — Part 1 A reflection for Good Friday 40 blogs of Lent — day 38 The Galilean ministry of Jesus is over. Over a period of time his ministry has taken him into Gentile lands, first just across the Jordan to Bethsaida, then to Tyre and Sidon, the Decapolis and Caesarea Philippi. …
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God is at the centre of fellowship — Matthew 18:18–20
Humility and honesty— part 2 40 blogs of Lent — day 38 Oops, looking for an image to illustrate the phrase, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven I found images that I imagine 50 shades of Gray would have, even though I have the worst of this filtered: It was revealing. …
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Making an ass of myself 