Nakedness and the Bible. Let's get the Jesus question out of the way first. Jesus is depicted implicitly as naked five times in scripture. The first is his birth, we are all born naked, the second at his circumcision, then his baptism, crucifixion and his resurrection. The resurrection is explicit, we are told the grave …
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Jesus, marriage and divorce, part 3 — Matthew 19:10–12
The Kings Instructions Advent 2021 When it comes to working out what someone means the first thing to look at the meaning of the words. but logic is not the only concern. Context is everything, words change meaning over time and the context of who is speaking and being spoken to can change the meaning …
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Jesus, marriage and divorce, part 2 — Matthew 19:7–9
The Kings Instructions Advent 2021 In the previous post I wrote about what Jesus did nor say, the context was if was lawful for a man to divorce his wife. This time I am looking at what he did say about marriage and divorce. I have included the verses from the last blog for context. …
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Slave to the wage — Psalm 127
Let's work together There are two attitudes many Christians have about work: One is to work so hard that you wear yourself out. You may make the excuse that you are doing this for your family, but what good is that if that family is grown up and gone before you get time to spend …
An autistic person’s guide to the fruit of the Spirit — Part 2: Joy
An autistic person’s guide to the fruit of the Spirit Part 2: Joy But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy …
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The start of a conversation
Faith and Marriage Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 17th November 2019 Today I was playing mandolin and a little percussion in the worship band. So off to church early enough to catch the end of the first service. Post-service my wife and I journeyed back through Greenhead Park to look at the autumn colours. The …
God listens to the abused
Hagar Where is God in this (i) 'Where is God in this?'—I intend this to be an occasional series in my blogs, although only the first two are planned, about those really difficult, uncomfortable parts of the Bible, and where God is to be found in those stories. Among the worst of the stories in …
Happy and blessed 7: The pure
Happy and blessed 7: The pure... Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God - Matthew 5:8 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. - Proverbs 16:2 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. - Psalm 51:10 Purity …
C S Lewis and the problem of Susan
C S Lewis and the problem of Susan Susan Pevensie, one of the four fictional children who enter Narnia in C S Lewis's children's book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a problem to the adult readers of the final book in the series The Last Battle. Unlike all the other protagonists of …
Names of God – Part 28
Your stature is like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.
I say I will climb the palm tree
and lay hold of its fruit. - Song of Solomon 7:7-8 ESV
Making an ass of myself 