The Bible and geography. Its simple really. Wise men came from the east (Matthew 2:1) so the must have travelled west. They did so because they saw a star at its rising (Matthew 2:9). Like the sun and the moon, stars rise in the east, this is because of the direction of the earth's rotation, …
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No vacancies
No vacancies In my childhood we spent our summer holidays in Blackpool. My grandparents had retired there and we stayed in their house. Being in a residential town, to get to the beach was a trek, past rows of guest houses with Vacancies or No Vacancies signs in the windows. It was a good indication …
The day God changed (Part 4)
Through the Sundays in Advent I've been blogging about the ways in which God has changed for me, or rather of how my understanding of God has changed. It wasn't about changes in God but changes in me. But for those who are thinking God has never changed, you are wrong. God's nature has changed, …
Making an ass of myself 