It has been a hectic 3 months. On 28th July I became a grandfather for the first time when the beautiful Brooke Laverick came into the world. Sadly it was a week before I could meet her, as I'd had a throat infection, so stayed away. Then on 18th July my mother passed away in …
Tag: Love
Forgiveness again
In the last blog, finished early on Sunday morning, I said I would expand on what I said about God's forgiveness and our response. That was before the morning service at Holy Trinity, Huddersfield, when we had this reading: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with …
Importance
Which is the most important part of the Lord's Prayer? A bit of a non question, it is all important. ... Isn't it? So why did Jesus only comment on one verse? And why was he so harsh? Here's the verse and its comment: and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our …
Targetting
The Parable Of The Sower To be efficient in our evangelism churches would do well to target those most likely to respond, Right? Actually no. While it may sound like good business practice the church is not, or at least should not be, a business. Last Sunday, in the first of a series of Sermons …
Resurrection and transformation
Easter in the real world Happy Easter. Hallelujah, Christ is risen! God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. Acts 2:24 God raised him on the third day Acts 10:40 Jesus was raised from the dead. Only a couple of days earlier …
Betrayed
Two poems, one very old, from the Bible, and my response in verse: -o0o- For it is not an enemy who taunts me— then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then I could hide from him. But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my …
Let’s talk about sex.
Eroticism in the Bible Web surfing a couple of days ago I came across the Answering Christian site. Particularly a blog from 2011 on why sexual language in the Bible means the Bible cannot be the word of God. Why? There are Christians who have the same problem. To them there is the spiritual and …
Making an ass of myself 