Tag: Bible
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the certainty of uncertainty
Some things are certain. Scientific laws are an example, such as gravity: you can’t stop it, it’s always true. I remember as a child finding it amusing to read: “Gravity is a myth, the earth sucks!” But the reality is that gravity is always gravity. The strength of it may change (for example it’s different…
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changing the way I read the Bible
This coming Sunday morning I am preaching as part of our series looking at God through the eyes of Elijah and Elisha (in 1 and 2 Kings in the Bible). We are looking at Naaman (2 Kings 5), a Syrian general who had an incurable skin disease and found healing from God not only for…
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another thing I got wrong
I have a lot of issues with some of the ways in which the Genesis Creation narratives are used by Christians. They are theological poetry (look at the way that the verses in Chapter 1 are set out in your Bible – not like prose, more like the settings of the Psalms) and narratives that…
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what Jesus forgot to say
I’ve been wondering recently whether Jesus forgot to say a few things. Did he stop too soon when he was saying the amazing things he was saying? I am only asking because, from what I can observe, it looks like we have worked out what he forgot to say… I wonder, for example, when he…
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armour-plated praying
This bloggage was first written as a ‘Thought for the week’ sent to all of the ministers of the Eastern Baptist Association… Isn’t it interesting how easily we can overlook things? I have recently been reminded that when reading the New Testament letters it is important to remember whether they were written to an individual…
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view from my pew 13
Dear Internet Mr Grenville-Stubbs here again. Did you miss me? I have been busy trying to make a positive difference in cyberspace. I had an idea for a search engine that I have been trying to get off the ground with what is known as ‘crowd funding’ – where lots of people offer small amounts…
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elasticated
So I was lying in the dentist’s chair, looking at the photo on the ceiling (it’s of someone in a powered parachute flying over the sea next to some cliffs) and trying not to pay too much attention to what the dentist was doing. She was working on the scaffolding that I have attached to…
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Christian magic?
I am a Christian. And I am a magician. To some Christians those two statements are incompatible. I had a conversation yesterday with someone who was extremely upset that magic was being performed at their church and rang me to complain. They didn’t know before they rang me that I am a magician and we…
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signet rings*
Last Sunday I had the unusual experience of hearing a sermon preached from Haggai. BIG points to any of you who have ever preached from Haggai, bonus points if you can find it without having to rummage through the Minor Prophets! It’s a fascinating little book that dovetails particularly with Ezra and the rebuilding…
