Why is there so much bad news? The reason is that bad news happens fast. Good things tend to be slow. Why is there no smallpox in the news? Because it has been eradicated, the last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in 1977, even then the WHO did not declare it extinct until 1980. Apart …
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Psalm 74 — Psalms of Asaph Who wrote this psalm? There are three possible answers to this question: Someone using the name of Asaph from the time of the Babylonian exile.Asaph prophesying the destruction of Solomon's Temple.Asaph talking about the destruction of the home of the tabernacle at Shiloh There are reasons for each of …
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People are still scared, some are frustrated. How long are these restrictions to our freedom going to go on. I am not being pessimistic here, but there are people with unrealistic expectations, talking about us coming out of the Covid-19 crisis as if it is already happening, we are in the first stage of controlling …
Lockdown and stress on relationships Let me start with a warning. I am neither a psychologist, psychiatrist not anything else beginning psy. All I can say is how rhings have affected me and the relationship in our marriage. People are different, some parner up with people with a similar personality and similar interests. They tend …
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Does God love in the same way that humans love? No. That's it, the end. Shortest blog yet. Only that question begs other questions ... ... Does God the Father love us in the same way as He loves Jesus the Son? If someone had asked me this question last week I would say no. …
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Stand firm in the faith: Trusting in God Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 17th May 2020 A morning of contrasts service wise. BBC Radio Leeds broadcast one between 8 and 8:30 am which I enjoyed but there was no way to join in with the worship songs that I was unfamiliar with as radio is …
Lent and the COVID-19 pandemic It's time to catch up after the Lent blogs, and so much has happened it feels like we're in a different world. At the beginning of lent there had been no reported deaths from COVID-19 in the UK and the Cheif Medical Officer was maintaining, despite reported cases in the …
The gift of lament Holy Week and Creation: a comparison God's seventh love song for his creation 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 40 The first chapter of the Book of Genesis is theology, but not theology as we know it. It is not the theology of learned people using the academic language for academic people, …
How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a locked-down land? Holy Week and Creation: a comparison God's sixth love song for his creation 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 39 The first chapter of the Book of Genesis is theology, but not theology as we know it. It is not the theology of …
...and it was night Holy Week and Creation: a comparison God's fourth love song for his creation 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 37 The first chapter of the Book of Genesis is theology, but not theology as we know it. It is not the theology of learned people using the academic language for academic people, …
Making an ass of myself 