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Tag: Bible

  • 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…

  • best bible bits

    On my shelf I have a book “Best Bible Bits”, published in 1984. It started out as a school project to discover how to encourage others to look at the Bible, and one of the ideas was to ask famous people what their favourite bits of the Bible were, in the hope that this might…

  • is that for me?

    A few days ago I was preparing to phone someone who has been going through a very difficult time. Just before I spoke to them I had a look at an app on my mobile phone that pings me a verse from the Bible each day. It seemed quite appropriate for the conversation I was…

  • of frogs, humour, magic tricks and the Bible

    When I was at Bible College I wrote a dissertation: A Theology of humour – a serious look at the lighter side of God. I came across this quotation in my research about the nature of humour from EB White: “Humor (sic) can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the…

  • becoming unhinged?

    On Tuesday this week I spent the day with my good friend and incredibly talented joiner, David. We were working together to create a prop for the Magic Show I have been mentioning rather a lot in my bloggages. The prop is my design of a classic of magic (you’ll have to come along to…

  • Sodium Chloride based nostalgia

    There are quite a few passages in the Bible that trouble me. Some trouble me because they are like a mirror and make me reflect on myself and I don’t come out looking too good. Others trouble me because they are so far outside my understanding and experience that I don’t know exactly what to…

  • from the conference

    Today is the second day of the Eastern Baptist Association Ministers’ Conference (#ebaminconf). I have a small problem (or at least the one I am prepared to admit to is small). I have been asked to preach on a particular passage from the Bible at one of our churches in March and one of our…

  • on loan

    This is a book stand which my Dad made for me a number of years ago. I wanted a table top stand for my Bible so I could have it open in front of me while I was working. It fulfils that purpose brilliantly. In my previous role as a Minister in a local church…

  • arise, shine, your light has dawned

    Yesterday my travels took me into London – to Spurgeon’s College to be precise. Spurgeon’s is the Bible College that was responsible for my formative training and still holds a very affectionate place in my heart, so it was a real joy that one of my responsibilities is to represent my Association on the College…

  • severing the ties

    Earlier this week Stew the Rabbit and I took some assemblies in a local primary school. It was our last visit. Stew had decided that he wanted to perform a magic trick and had come across a trick where it looks like you have cut someone’s tie in half and then restore it. So he…