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Category: atonement

  • getting rid of the goat

    A fragment of papyrus has recently been found in the Sinai Desert. It appears to be part of a Hebrew Priest’s diary… Day 3874 Still not made it to the Promised Land. Moses has told us that God has given us a new way of dealing with our sin: a Scapegoat. After he’d made himself…

  • at last ment

    Before I start to finish let me say that this has not been intended to be an exhaustive list of the images the Bible uses to describe what Jesus’ death on the cross means. It’s a sample of some of the more significant ones. But there is so much more to explore. One of the…

  • at six ment

    The last email should have finished with the Eastenders ‘duff duffs’ (the dramatic drums that play at the cliffhanger ending of each episode of the soap opera). That’s because there has been a longer than intended gap between that one and this one and some of you may have been on tenterhooks anticipating what happens…

  • at two ment

    Last time I considered one of the Bible metaphors that tries to explain what happened when Jesus died on the cross – the courtroom. Today, we look at another one: In order to buy a new car you have borrowed £1000 from a payday lender. You thought you would be able to repay it very quickly…

  • at one ment

    About ten years ago some Christians got rather hot under the collar about a book written by Steve Chalke: The Lost Message of Jesus. They particularly got very upset about one small phrase in the book relating to one of the metaphors the Bible has to try to illustrate and explain what Jesus’ death on…

  • getting in a stew about the cross (or getting cross about a stew)

    Stew the Rabbit and I are about to visit another school this morning. It will be his first visit there and I hope he is well-behaved. He is going to try a magic trick which may or may not come off… The theme will be exploring crosses. an ‘x’ can be a sign that you…