What did Jesus say? Not quite WWJD, bur close. This is what is often quoted as evidence that Jesus thought that homosexuality was wrong: Matthew 19:4-5: (ESV) He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother …
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What does Easter mean
What does Easter mean? I mean on its own, because there is a lot said about the victory of the cross, and it is impossible to separate the events of Good Friday from that of Easter Sunday. But Ill try. Bit first a look at the passion. Jesus last words from the cross,"It is finished," …
A message to the liberals.
Thanks. Thank you for challenging my faith. Especially with regard to John's Gospel. I'm one of those fairly conservative evangelical sort of guys, with a sort of charismatic twist, and a leaning towards catholic techniques of meditation, such as Lectio Divina. Normally when I hear what liberal Christians say it makes me think, and normally …
In two minds about doubt
Why I have doubts, an exercise in train of thought. I have a problem with doubting, the problem is that I do it — and I have no reason to do it. I have no reason to doubt because of what I have seen and experienced of God in action. I have seen people prayed …
Jesus is political
Jesus is Lord. We sing that and proclaim that on Sundays and other days. But I sometimes think that we don't realise how political that statement is. Back in the day when the Bible was being written and the early Christians began saying Jesus is Lord, the politicians were telling people to proclaim that Caesar …
The political gospel
Yesterday I mentioned that the Gospel was political. Jesus did not hold back on speaking on political issues. I don't think the conservatives of he time would have liked what he said about helping the poor - what he said about money would not please them much either. (that is conservatives with a small c …
Merry Christmas
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it …
The day God changed – part 2
When I became a Christian in 1974 I had a wonderful appetite for things to do with the faith. Church was not enough, you don't learn a lot from one ,or often two, sermons a week. Even a university Christian union once a week didn't satisfy my appetite, so it was first the Christian Union …
The day God changed
14th March 2006 was the day God changed. Or at least it was the day God changed for me. That was the day I had an accident. I blogged about it not long afterwards over on a now defunct site. That led to all kinds of questions as to what God was like. What kind …
Back to Basics
No, not the Back to Basics of the British Conservative party which gloriously backfired on them in the 1990s, I,m thinking about a return to Christian basics. At Holy Trinity Huddersfield, Mike, our Vicar, has started a series of sermons on John's first letter. It is believed that the letter was a response to the …
Making an ass of myself 