Understanding atonement Lent 2024 - Part 3, A ransom paid to Satan This Lent, I reflect deeply on the profound significance of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection, exploring the various theories embraced or historically cherished by Christian churches. I realize that this journey reveals a rich tapestry of beliefs and interpretations. It's important to acknowledge …
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Recapitulation. Before the edit I almost spent more time talking about the TV show Doctor Who than I did Jesus Christ becoming the head of a new humanity. I must remember that Jesus did not say "the geeks shall inherit the earth."
Lent 2025 – Part 0 This Lent, I reflect deeply on the profound significance of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection, exploring the various theories embraced or historically cherished by Christian churches. I realize that this journey reveals a rich tapestry of beliefs and interpretations. It's important to acknowledge that there is more than a single …
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The 4th book of Psalms Psalm 96 is a song of triumph, not only for God's present victory in bringing the people out of exile but also to God's final victory when the whole Earth is redeemed. The silhouette of small hills across a bay. Above is a red and god sky of a sunset, …
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Psalm 80 — Psalms of Asaph This is a very structured psalm five stanzas with a refrain after the first, second and last stanzas, which is what you would expect to a song written to an existing tune. There are other ways of translating the introduction, but that ‘The Lilies of the Covenant’ is an …
You're looking at it all wrong Thoughts on someone else's blog I have, for some time, thought that people's ideas about salvation are just too small. The achievements on the cross by Jesus Christ go way beyond personal salvation. I have also been thinking about social holiness (which is not the same as the social …
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Making an ass of myself 