Sipech was right. In last month's blog off he wrote: To me the starting point of Christianity has to be Jesus. Many have started off with the idea of “God” and many words are spilled before we even get onto Jesus. And that is it. It is the be all and end all of how …
Tag: Bible
How I read the Bible
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 …
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, …
Quarantine and baby sitting
Quarantine and baby sitting Galatians Part 4 Here on holiday in Morocco a frequent sound is that of the Islamic call to prayer. You can set your watch by it. In fact I have not brought my watch to the pool. The call means it is either 1:45 or 5 o' clock, time to leave …
the Bible
The Bible, What is it? Its a book of God and a book about God. But it is also a book about people, about peoples relationship with God, God's relationship with people and people's relationship with people. It is about God relating with individuals, with groups of people and nations. And it is about people …
It isn’t all about me.
It isn't all about me. It isn't all about me and Jesus either. I'm tying up loose ends here. In Lent I worked most of the way through the Book of Hebrews, and there's just the last chapter to look at. Here it is. Before you read on remember that the book of Hebrews was …
The Greatest
The heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali styled himself as The Greatest. "I said I am the greatest even before I knew I was," is an interesting quote of his. But even though in the opinion of many who have studied the sport that Ali was the greatest ever heavyweight, and he was certainly the greatest of …
Life after life?
I have just finished re-reading Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams, a really good comedic read. Chapter 7 ends with one of my favourite cliffhangers: "Gordon Way's astonishment at being shot dead was nothing to his astonishment at what happened next." What happens after death is a question that fascinates even atheist authors …
Theology changes its mind (part 6)
So what about Paul? If anyone wants proof that homosexuality is wrong from the New Testament point of view usually quote St Paul. Just three short passages: Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonouring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshipped …
Theology changes its mind (part 5)
I fought the law... In the last 2 blogs I've looked at what Jesus said about homosexuality and whether the sin of Sodom was homosexuality or something else. Now I'm now looking at the Jewish law. Under the constraints I've put myself under this is harder. These are among my constraints: So history must be …
Making an ass of myself 