The next bit of Hebrews is difficult to understand. For those who are unfamiliar with the Old Testament it is almost impossible. It all hinges around two obscure obscure parts of the Old Testament, one about Abraham meeting Melchizedek. And a brief mention in the Psalms. There is more about the encounter here in Hebrews …
Judging and flights of fancy.
Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday, 22 March 2015 Today's sermon, the last in the sermon series on the Sermon on the mount, was on judging, or rather not on judging but on not judging. I think you understand what I mean by that. Now what you are not getting here is a breakdown of Mike's …
Simplicity
How to live simply. If you Google it you find that it means having less stuff. Or a smaller car. Generally downsizing seems to be the way forward. Except I can't understand how having a smaller car helps. You still have all the worries about a car. Not only that but the whole downsizing equals …
Let’s talk about sex.
Eroticism in the Bible Web surfing a couple of days ago I came across the Answering Christian site. Particularly a blog from 2011 on why sexual language in the Bible means the Bible cannot be the word of God. Why? There are Christians who have the same problem. To them there is the spiritual and …
Relationship
It is east to forget when you are looking at the Bible closely, as I am doing with the book of Hebrews, that the Bible is not a text book. Neither is it a book about philosophy. Not that there isn't any philosophy, and very good philosophy, in there. But that isn't what the Bible …
Healing
Why does God not heal is a question close to my heart. Nine years of pain had ne asking the wrong question. The question is why does God heal. The question "Why doesn't God heal," is full of problems. It assumes that the healing of everyone is what God wants, so we have to wonder …
Grow up
There's no a lot that can be said about this bit of the letter to the Hebrews: About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the …
Worry
Jesus said: “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap …
9 years
Happy ninth birthday to walking with a stick. Happy ninth birthday to having pain all day, everyday. Happy ninth birthday to waking in pain (sometimes earlier than I wish), and going to sleep in pain (often later than I wish). But life is good. There are a lot of people in a far worse condition …
Funny for money
That is part of one of the many catchphrases of Comic Relief. The organisation launched in the wake of the Ethiopian famine in the 1980s. And today is Red Nose Day, their biennial main fundraising event. As well as laughing at the jokes and sketches, and crying in sympathy with those who are hurting. What …
Making an ass of myself 