Tag: hypocrisy

  • plank-eye

    Some things are so blindingly obvious that we miss them. Jesus had worked in Joseph’s carpenter’s workshop for 20 years. He knew about wood. He knew too how much it hurt when you got a speck of sawdust in your eye. It would have been a regular occurrence as there were no safety glasses in…

  • revelation

    In correspondence to a friend earlier this morning I had a moment of revelation that I thought I would share with you: Is one reason that people think churches are full of hypocrites because Christians are imperfect people trying to follow a perfect Lord and our imperfections show up in greater relief against the life and…

  • wooing and woeing

    I think Bibles ought to have a strong warning on them, along the lines of cigarettes: Warning: reading this book can seriously damage your religion. I am preparing for Sunday morning today and reading a passage in Luke 11 where Jesus goes a bit ‘woe-crazy’. He ‘woed’ those who were trying to get people back…

  • context

    Context is everything. “I never want to see you again” can be devastating if spoken to a person but fully understandable if spoken to a grey hair that has just been plucked from your head. It is entirely appropriate to greet someone and say, “How are you?” when you meet them in the street but…

  • sand art

    I will try to tread carefully today. That’s because the subject of this bloggage is still an active court case and I do not want to be guilty of contempt of court. Yesterday, shortly before his trial for perverting the course of justice was due to begin, Chris Huhne changed his plea from ‘not guilty’…