'Ehyer 'Aser 'Ehyer Names of God - Part 53 I AM WHO I AM 40 blogs of Lent: 28 God speaks to Moses from the burning bush: God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’" Exodus 3:14 …
Tag: theology
Theology changes its mind (part 1)
Theology changes its mind, but so does science. About a month ago I wrote in the blog "What is Theology for" that we should be looking at how we interpret the Bible in the light of what science is telling us. First let me say this. What science says isn't fixed. It changes. Often. Sometimes …
Models
Climate change and Theology (part 2) I have been looking at the TED Talks. One which is up this month is by climate scientist Gavin Schmidt on the emergent patterns of climate change. When talking of models of climate change Schmidt says, "Modals are not right or wrong, they're always wrong. They are approximations." The question …
What is theology for?
There is talk in the church about how we should treat homosexuals, again. Or maybe it has never gone away. The traditional stance was that any homosexual activity is always wrong, and for a long time society said the same thing. But society is changing. These days psychologists and sociologists say that homosexual behaviour is …
History lessons
And God saw that it was good In the last blog I said that the first chapters of Genesis were not Science.If I said they were not history either I would expect a certain response, especially from conservative Christians. So let me explain. History is written by people who are there at the time. Not …
Beginnings
Do you believe in Genesis or in evolution and the big bang theory? That is a question hat is raised by both the very conservative end of Christianity, and by atheists wanting to make Christianity look ridiculous. I believe both. Or all three, grammar was never my strong point. Two things about Genesis: It was …
Why do we do that?
Why join in? Yesterday I attended Choral Evensong at York Minster. Today it was back to the usual. And I enjoyed both. In York, the professionalism of the cathedral choir and organist combined with the acoustics of the minster itself was powerful. Though the lack of anything to join in with was missed. We sat, …
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 …
Different horses – different courses
Or different churches for different people. There are a number of traditional models in doing church, and anything new and innovative soon becomes yet another tradition, especially in those churches which claim they are not traditional. Take the self styled Bible Believing churches. It's not as if other churches do not believe the Bible, a …
Making an ass of myself 