Hagar Where is God in this (i) 'Where is God in this?'—I intend this to be an occasional series in my blogs, although only the first two are planned, about those really difficult, uncomfortable parts of the Bible, and where God is to be found in those stories. Among the worst of the stories in …
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Names of God – part 58: The fountain of living water
Maqowr Chay Mayim Names of God part 58 The fountain of Living Water I have heard living water over spiritualised, especially in sermons about Jesus talking to the woman at the well in Samaria. The talk was on a spiritual topic, but Jesus was keeping it real and linking to real life issues. The woman …
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Names of God – Part 28
Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters. I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its fruit. - Song of Solomon 7:7-8 ESV
Lust
Everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Valentine
It is that time of year again, as St Valentine's day approaches when the advertising media focuses on love. Sorry, not love, sentimentality. See what I mean? (And as a Yorkshireman I have to declare those roses are the wrong colour.) The main thing I dislike about St Valentine's day is the way that it excludes single …
Abused
She was only young, barely past puberty when she was taken from her friends and family to live a life in servitude to a foreign man who would use her for sex when he wanted to and the rest of the time ignored her, unless he wanted to parade her in front of his friends …
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 