This started out with a comment from Sipech on Twitter, where he was asking what to blog about. So we set out to each do a blog with the same title : How I read the Bible Back in July I blogged on The Bible - What is it? This is more about how it …
Full Circle
Full Circle Galatians Part 11 This is the last post in the Galatians series, and has taken me a long time. What was supposed to be a sprint through the book turned into a bit of a slog. It was meant to have been written in some pool time on Holiday in Morocco in September, …
On your way down
On your way down Galatians part 10 The American rock band Little Feat sang, It's high time that you found The same people you misuse on your way up You might meet up On your way down. The Apostle Paul would have loved that song. Here's his version: Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, …
No law?
No law? Galatians part 9 This must be the the most read bit of the book of Galatians: But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, …
It isn’t nice
It isn't nice Galatians part 8 Have you ever been told off because what you have said in church isn't nice? It seems that any language that isn't nice should not be said, especially if we sound angry. Bear this in mind as we look at what Paul says next in Galatians: For freedom Christ …
Pay the fine
There's a popular sermon illustration that goes something like this: God in the gospel, we sometimes say, is like a judge who has a guilty party before him at the bar, and he pronounces the sentence—whether it is five years in jail, a $10,000 fine, or whatever. Then the judge steps down from the bench, …
The waters of Mars
NASA announces that water has been found on Mars, and Twitter is filled with jokes, like this one. It is not news. There is ice on Mars, we know that. The sun shines on Mars, we know that too, so all we need to do is put the two together — there must be water. …
Freedom
"To give the impression that the Holy Spirit cannot take place in those who are not “like us”, is a dangerous temptation." - Pope Francis.
Spirit
Spirit Galatians Part 5 We say someone has spirit, we comment on a spirited performance. Oyr spirit is where our drive and energy come from. I said earlier that I was going to comment on what Paul said about the Holy Spirit in Galatians Chapter 3. It isn't that far from what I've said above. …
Pictures from Morocco
Pictures from Morocco First come lessons about the Arabic language, remember that you read from right to left. Can you pronounce the name of this soft drink? Or pronounce this ethnic Burber restaurant? In Morocco the buildings are happy. And they grow the most amazing crops: Here is where they grow goats on trees, these …
Making an ass of myself 