Oct 31, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS, Uncategorized
It has been said that a good question is worth a thousand answers. In Douglas Adam’s madcap story, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, (2005), they ask their giant computer the question – you know, THE question – about life, the universe, and everything....
Sep 21, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS, Uncategorized
Since Covid-19 our lives have changed, they are more challenging, socially and spiritually. Thankfully, I have not heard of my church friends complaining strongly about these confronting circumstances, though some have expressed disappointment and anxiety, and the...
Nov 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
God’s attitude towards the sinner and the social outcast. We see Jesus entering Jericho and passing through it. So many times in the Gospel we see him passing by or through a place. If he is not stopped, he will keep going. Similarly, he constantly passes through our...
Oct 13, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS, Uncategorized
when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” (Luke 8:8b) Faith is about believing in God, praying to him, and showing him to other people. The question about whether God would find faith on earth if he returned today is one I have not often considered....
Jun 29, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS, Uncategorized
The Commissioning of the Seventy(two)* *This is an example of where different early manuscripts say different things, and so this has been carried through in our different translations of the Bible. This passage is a mirroring of the commissioning of the twelve in...
Apr 4, 2022 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS, Uncategorized
Here we have choices between readings according to whether we follow Passion Sunday or Palm Sunday. I have chosen Palm Sunday from the Gospel of Luke because many of our people will meet also on Good Friday. The pathway I have chosen is highlighted. It is the Lord God...
