Welsh Judges in procession 40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 15 And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that [Jesus] is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead. Acts 10:42 ESVUK Somethig extraordinary happened in Acts 10. Peter was talking about the …
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Advocate
40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 3 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.1 John 2:1 ESVUK. Obviously I didn't know my Bible well enough. I …
Teach me, Lead me — Psalm 143
Psalms of David There are different ways of learning. This psalm mentions two of them, Teach me and Lead me. These line up with the last two phrases in a saying by Benjamin Franklin. Only thousands of years earlier. The books of Psalms are roughly themed like this: Book 1: Psalms 1 - 41: God …
Jesus didn’t say that the Bible would guide you into all the truth
"Jesus didn't say that the Bible would guide you into all the truth; he said the Spirit would." These words, by Jared Byas @jbyas on Twitter had me intrigued. I have always sat between these two positions, being Protestant, Evangelical and Charismatic. Protestant The five solas of Protestantism are Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, Solus Christus, …
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The pronouns of God
Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam, a panel on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican is a great work of art. It shows God and man reaching towards each other, but whilst the man's wrist is limp and the index finger only slightly raised towards God, God's index finger is pointing out on …
The meaning of the ascension of Jesus
A blog post for ascension day The East Window at Holy Trinity Huddersfield, the top section depicting Jesus ascending into a cloud watched by the eleven apostles. 6 When they were together for the last time they asked, “Master, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel now? Is this the time?”7-8 He told them, “You …
Mind what you think — Matthew 15:15–20
The concern of Jesus — part 4 40 blogs of Lent — day 15 What goes into the mouth does not harm us: Not usually, we tend to avoid toxins. There I go again, being over literal when reading the Bible. That's the autism talking, I can miss it when people are talking figuratively, even …
Superhero
Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 4th October 2020 The week after the busy week I have just had is always a difficult one due to my disability. Plenty of pain and a lack of sleep are what I have until I get a chance to rest properly. Picking up my granddaughter from school three times …
Has God poured out his Spirit on everybody?
If God breathed his Spirit into everyone why do we need faith? This is a question that I was asked a few months back and I have been pondering for some time. I only have a partial answer and it would take a thesis rather than a blog post to do it justice. It is …
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A time for groaning?
The coming of the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit has the power to change your life. It is the Holy Spirit's job to produce Christ-like character in you. This process of changing us to be more like Jesus is called sanctification. You can't reproduce the character of Jesus on your own or by your own …
Making an ass of myself 