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Category = ‘bible’
May 2011
21
End of the World?
Surprisingly (or not) the world is not ending today - probably! This guy has the right idea: An atheist and entrepreneur from North Hampshire, Bart Centre, is enjoying a boost in business for Et..
Mar 2009
31
Good News Proverbs
By this I don’t mean Proverbs that necessarily are Good News, but the translation of the Proverbs in the Good News translation of the Bible. One or two have actually made me laugh out loud, because th..
Feb 2009
17
Incorporation ‘in Christ’ and Justification
I am currently reading Tom Wright’s latest book, Justification: God’s plan and Paul’s vision . I am about a fifth of the way through, and so far it is typical Wright: engaging, well-written and though..
Feb 2009
3
Calvin on Ceremony
Writing on John 4.20, Calvin writes that error lies in ‘the confusing of different ages’: Later generations devote themselves to the examples of the fathers, not thinking that a different law of actio..
Nov 2008
21
New Wine?
Some verses that I think were not in the minds of those who initially set up and name New Wine ! 10 They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the whore, but not multiply, because they have..
Aug 2008
20
The Gentiles
In Jeremiah, there’s a lot of judgement, of Israel and the surrounding nations. The final few chapters basically comprise a long series of judgements on the surrounding nations. So I was surprised whe..
Aug 2008
10
New prophecy?
We had an interesting comment by the preacher in church today. He was saying that whenever he preaches, he tries to have something fresh, something new and prophetic to say. Now I whole-heartedly agre..
May 2008
15
Christian freedom
I read this verse this morning: Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. 1 Peter 2.16 (ESV) The kind of freedom won for us in Christ i..
May 2008
14
The Bible in 750 words
Here’s an interesting page, on the Grove Books website. They ran a competition to write the story of the Bible in 750 words, and these are the winning entries . I think I might have a go at this mysel..
May 2008
10
Faith and works
I read James 2 this morning, the almost infamous passage which apparently contradicts Paul’s theology that we are saved only by faith, that there is nothing we can do to earn our salvation. I don’t th..