Eleven different ways of experiencing Christianity—Part 6 There are many ways of seeing yourself as a Christian. You can add another way as your faith grows; you can have more than one at a time and move through them over time. I am going to look at this through Advent this year. None of them …
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Spiritual Christians
Eleven different ways of experiencing Christianity—Part 5 There are many ways of seeing yourself as a Christian. You can add another as your faith grows; you can have more than one at a time and move through them over time. I am going to look at this through Advent this year. None of them is …
Liturgical Christians
Eleven different ways of experiencing Christianity—Part 4 There are many ways of seeing yourself as a Christian. You can add another as your faith grows, you can have more than one at a time and you can move through them over some time. I am going to look at this through Advent this year. None …
Doctrinal Christians
Eleven different ways of experiencing Christianity—Part 3 There are many ways of seeing yourself as a Christian. You can add another as your faith grows, you can have more than one at a time and you can move through them over some time. I am going to look at this through Advent this year. None …
Test yourselves — 2 Corinthians 13:7-9, 14
The prayers of Paul This is a series on the prayers of St Paul found in the letters attributed to him in the order he is believed to have written them. Letters to the same place or person will be treated together with the first letter to that destination. It's often good to have a …
Open and honest – Psalm 17
Psalms of David Psalms in Book 1 (Psalms 1 to 41) are mostly personal songs, so I will be looking at how they apply to us personally. Social and communal aspects of life and work do not come in until the later books of psalms. The apple of your eye is a curious phrase. It …
We smell — 2 Corinthians 2:14–16
The prayers of Paul This is a series on the prayers of St Paul found in the letters attributed to him in the order he is believed to have written them. Letters to the same place or person will be treated together with the first letter to that destination. Tomorrow is Guy Fawkes' Day, That …
Confidence — Psalm 16
Psalms of David It is Hallowe'en. That strange day which is full of imagery from mostly Celtic sources, with other later additions from America, has its origins in the Christian festival of All Hallows' Eve, from which it gets its name, the day before All Hallows' Day, from which Hallowe'en gets its name, or All …
Comfort — 2 Corinthians 1:3-7
The prayers of Paul This is a series on the prayers of St Paul found in the letters attributed to him in the order he is believed to have written them. Letters to the same place or person will be treated together with the first letter to that destination. 2 Corinthians is not a continuation …
Who is blameless? — Psalm 15
Psalms of David Psalms in Book 1 (Psalms 1 to 41) are mostly personal songs, so I will be looking at how they apply to us personally. Social and communal aspects of life and work do not come in until the later books of psalms. As I work through the book of psalms (I have …
Making an ass of myself 