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 24 December 2012 Blogging through Advent 19 God is with us Holy Trinity Huddersfield, 23 December 2012 Today we had …
Tag: Jesus
Names of God – Part 9
Names of God - Part 9 Elohim Avraham Yitzak Yacov The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to translate into English. Up to now I have been looking at the compound names of God in the Bible starting with El, God. This and the next few names use the plural word, Elohim, Gods, but as …
The Holy Spirit – Part 2
The Holy Spirit Part 2 - Fellowship The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Note: I have read through this, and I am not sure about the logic I have used in bringing it together. I wish I could …
Dynamic or Formal?
Dynamic or Formal? Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 20th May 2018. I learned something new in church today. The feast of Pentecost (Shavout in Hebrew, meaning weeks, the day is a week of weeks, seven weeks, after Passover) is not only the first of the two Jewish harvest festivals, but also the celebration of Moses …
Wait!
Wait! Was Matthias a mistake? These are my Ascensiontide thoughts. Acts chapter 1 is a curious chapter. It starts with Jesus telling the disciples that the Holy Spirit is coming. Twice. The repetition is the important thing here, it isn't really about rising into clouds, although that does teach us that Jesus did not lose …
Going up
Going up A poem Going up! We saw him go, obscured by clouds, Back home to sit on heaven's throne Before he went he told us, "Wait, "I will not leave you here alone." Going up! So sit we here, with upward gaze and contemplating Heaven's glory. Ans what he did in three short years …
Names of God – Part 6
Names of God - Part 6 El Olam God's name El Olam, Everlasting God in English, reminds us that God is everlasting from before anything existed through to eternity. God is outside of time. God is from everlasting to everlasting, the "for ever and ever" words that we add to the prayer that Jesus gave …
Raised for a reason
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 …
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 …
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 …
Making an ass of myself 