40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 40 Saturday in Holy Week 2022 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.1 John 4:10 ESVUK Propitiation is an unusual word. Looking it up in a dictionary does …
Tag: Reconciliation
Adam says — Psalm 139
Psalms of David One of the first things I do when looking at a passage from the Old Testament is to check Jewish sources, they have had these scriptures longer than we have. A Rabbinic take is that Psalm 139 is by Adam in theme although the words are David's. The question asked here is, …
Disputes — Matthew 18:15–17
Humility and honesty— part 1 40 blogs of Lent — day 37 We all like to be with people with whom we have things in common. We choose to drink with people with a similar interest or political outlook, and social media does not connect us with a wider range of people but a narrower …
Highway to Hell or Stairway to Heaven
Why make the hard road* Matthew 7:13–14 Matthew's Gospel, the Sermon on the Mount Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few …
Agents of change transformation and reconciliation.
Agents of change transformation and reconciliation Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 27th October 2019 "Ponder anew." Two words from a hymn at the beginning of the service. Ponder anew what the Almighty can do, or in other words, keep on thinking about what God has done and what he can do. This is what struck me …
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Reconciliation
I didn't get to the Ash Wednesday service last week, delayed trains and all. but a chance remark in the sermon that day is being felt by some who were there. Wht was said is this: Lent is about reconciliation. Reconciling ourselves to ourselves. Reconciling ourselves to others Reconciling ourselves to God. With all the …
Making an ass of myself 