YHWH El Gemu'ah Names of God - Part 21 LORD God of Retribution YHWH is the actual name of God, revealed to Moses. In English, it is usually spelt Yahweh or Jehovah, in many Bible translations it is written as LORD (in all capitals or small capitals). El is a Hebrew word meaning God. The …
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In Paradise
You will be with me 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. Except this one, this is the only image to have survived. This blog is from 26 March 2013 Forty …
Radical sayings of Jesus: Become a servant (2)
Radical sayings of Jesus: Become a servant, part 2 Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 13 August 2018 There was no title given for the sermon, I am using the one from the pew sheet. I can only assume the sermon was changed since the pew sheet was printed a few weeks ago. In yesterday's blog, …
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An autistic mind goes on a world tour, without leaving church
An autistic mind goes on a world tour, without leaving church Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 12 August 2018 My right hand still hurts four hours* to be given an enthusiastic handshake during the peace today. Being on the Autistic Spectrum means I am sensitive to some stimuli, mine are light and touch. The handshake …
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Names of God – Part 19
YHWH El Emeth Names of God -Part 19 LORD God of truth or LORD God is faithful YHWH is the actual name of God, revealed to Moses. In English, it is usually spelt Yahweh or Jehovah, in many Bible translations it is written as LORD (in all capitals or small capitals). El means God. YHWH El …
Radical sayings of Jesus: Become a servant
Radical sayings of Jesus: Become a servant Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 5 August 2018 This Sunday I left the church with an ear-worm. You know ear-worms, they are those snippets of tunes that get stuck in your head that you can't get rid of. The earworm I was stuck with was not one of …
Names of God – Part 18
YHWH El-Chai Names of God - Part 18 God, The living one YHWH is God's actual revealed name, and far from being remote shows that he is personal. This name is found in the Bible with and without God's name and also in plural forms Elohim Chai and Elohim Chayim. It is a name of …
Meta what? (a blog about repentance and its consequenses)
Repentance? Repentance is a word that occurs over and over again in the Bible, particularly in the writings of Luke (the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles) but to get to the bottom of it I am only going to look at five of them, The four mentions in Mark's Gospel and …
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How not to pray
How not to pray 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 27 January 2013 Holy Trinity Huddersfield 27th January 2013 The reading in church this morning was …
Names of God – part 17
YHWH El-Ashiyb Names of God - part 17 The LORD God my/our restorer YHWH is God's actual name which he revealed to Moses from the burning bush, it implies the personal nature of God and El the creator which is immeasurably beyond us. These two names are held in contrast here, a God who is …
