Ab Names of God - part 50 Father 40 Blogs of Lent: 10 Some Christians think that the concept of a Father God was introduced by Jesus, that God our Father has no history before that. But it would be a mistake to think that. Ab, the Hebrew name for father, and used to mean …
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Hide your struggles and slap on a plastic smile
40 Blogs of Lent - Day 38 Church is Community What is church - Day 6 This is Maundy Thursday, when we commemorate Jesus sharing a last Passover meal, a last community meal, with his disciples, so it may seem odd that I am talking about Ananias and Sapphira (and Barnabas) on this day. Now the …
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Yorkshire is like heaven
Yorkshire is like heaven Did you spot the mistake in the title? There are two Yorkshires. Two very different Yorkshires. First there's rural Yorkshire, much of it hilly. There's the Yorkshire Dales, The Northern part of the Peak District and the Pennine hills connecting the two. There are also the North York Moors, the Howardian …
Unity, conformity and abuse
The last issue of IDEA magazine, the magazine of the Evangelical Alliance in the UK, has been about unity. Issues tend to be themed these days. One thing that struck me as \I recently re-read was the difference between unity and conformity. Unity Unity is different people with different gifts and even ideas working together. …
