What does the resurrection of Jesus mean to you? As evangelicals we are very keen on the crucifixion. Sometimes to the exclusion of everything else. The cross has said it all, we sing, but if so, what was the purpose of Jesus rising again if there was nothing left to accomplish? On this last day …
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Antifaith (Antisport part 2)
Antifaith (Antisport part 2) My old blog balaam.wibsite.com can no longer be accessed. Using the Wayback Machine I am trying to save whatever can be saved, There are no images available for these old blogs. This blog is from 13 May 2012 Yesterday I blogged about sport, or lack of it, in the ceremonies …
Names of God – Part 5
Names of God - Part 5 El Roi El Roi (pronounced El Roee) means the one who sees. It may sound to some that God seeing is something to be scared of, but that is not the way it is used in the Bible. The God who sees is a God who loves and cares. The …
Muslims come to Christ
Muslims come to Christ And face retribution Over the last year and a half I keep on coming across stories of Muslims turning to Jesus. As I started looking into this, the stories have changed from a trickle to a flood. Dreams and visions The first on its own, a North African man has seen …
Steve Chalke, C S Lewis, Benedict XVI and the salvation of Muslims
Steve Chalke, C S Lewis, Benedict XVI and the salvation of Muslims Steve Chalke likes to be controversial. His latest shaking up of the Evangelical world is suggesting that there may be salvation to some people who are outside the Christian church. It reminded me of a bit towards the end of the children's novel …
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Grumbling, resting and someone new
Grumbling, resting and someone new Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield - Sunday 29th April 2018 I'll start with the new boy: We have a new Youth Minister. Wayne Cadman, joined us as last Tuesday and we met him, and his wife Ruth, at this morning's service. I was pleased to meet him as one of the …
From 1970s Chicago to 2018 Wheaton: A Timeline of Evangelical Backsliding | Sojourners
I found a link to this in Twitter today, it sums up my concerns about being an Evangelical Christian in the early 21st Century without being political in a partisan, party political way. The Article has an American slant, coming as it does from Sojourners, an organisation which I came across in the late 1970s, …
Names of God – Part 4
Names of God - Part 4 El Elyon It is only the fourth in the series on the names of God and already a pattern has started to appear. It is not just about what the name reveals about the nature of God, but God is to be worshipped for that also. A quick recap: …
Free breakfast
Free breakfast Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 22 April 2018 Today we only had one of our morning services, the earlier traditional one. The second service, the contemporary music one, made way for the APCM, the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. I attended both. I will not be commenting on the content of the meeting other …
The Names of God – Part 3
The Names of God - Part 3 Elohim The first name for God in the Bible is Elohim. "In the beginning, God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth." This is the creator God. The God who made the Universe. But the word is unique in the ancient Semitic languages in that the ending is plural …
Making an ass of myself 