Luke, symbolised in medieval times as a winged ox, more than any of the other Gospel writers does not bother too much with chronology. That is not the purpose of his writing, it is not an ordered biograph, despite him saying it was an ordered account at the beginning of his account. The way he …
What’s it all about, Matthew
What;s it all about, Matthew? Matthew the author of Matthew's Gospel that is. To find out what is important about the life of Jesus to each of the Gospel writers look at what they put first and how this fits in with the overall style of the Gospel. With Matthew it is about teaching. From …
To split or not to split
The Anglican communion is about to split. Or so says yesterday's Guardian newspaper[1]. It says that African bishops will walk out of the Primates Meeting in Canterbury next week over the issue of gay rights. It yet another example of the press giving out speculation as news, the meeting does not start until Monday. Not only that, but …
Dumb crime of the day
These criminal masterminds burgled a house in Bournemouth ans stole the car outside. And got clean away. Then they chatted about it in Facebook. They say crime does not pay. At least for idiots it doesn't. Here's the proof. http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14189456.Burglars_caught_after_discussing_crimes_on_Facebook/?ref=fbshr
It’s a Kind of magic.
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men[a] from the east came to Jerusalem. Matthew 2:1 ESV The footnote is that the word for wise men in Greek was magi. That is mage in singular, the root of the English words magic and Magician. So …
Do Science to it
Science is wonderful. These are just some of the amazing discoveries of 2015. You can be in two places at once. Yes you can be in two places at once[1], or be in two different states at the same time. Not just at the minute level of sub-atomic particles, which has been part of accepted …
Refugees
A blog for Holy Innocents Day, December 28 All is calm, all is bright. Maybe it is in the sanitised version of Christmas, with a smiling ox and ass and clean straw, but not in the story in the Bible. Bethlehem was buzzing. The town was full of people come for the census. All was …
Bath time
Breathe deep. Take a deep breath through your nose, hold your breath and savour the aroma. Now breathe out. That is the scent of a blogger who is freshly bathed in Radox. That's not just any bubble bath, that is Radox MEN muscle therapy bath soak. That is right, MEN, uppercase MEN. this is a …
Christmas card
My son has sent me a home made card. No picture, just this hand written message. Backgroung information is that he is dyslexic and 6 weeks ago I was diagnosed as diabetic. Here's what he wrote: Matt Papes guide for Christmas A Sugar Free* Christmas *Because dyslexic people can't spell diagrams diagnosis diazepam diabolical diameters diabetic …
Party Animal
Party Animal Party animal is not a phrase you think of when you think about Jesus. But you may have to think again. If you are of a puritanical disposition now is the time to stop reading. The thing is that Jesus likes a party, from the wedding party where the people drank so much …
Making an ass of myself 