It just happened (Ruth 2:3)
“and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz” (Ruth 2:3). Last night I was browsing for a podcast to listen to before bed. One can spend all night searching for that interesting series or…
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The city of God
The front page headline yesterday proclaimed: ‘Pride and Prejudice’. But where did the prejudice lie? Our city has rejected ‘the narrow door’ ( Luke 13:24) and the paper was proudly displaying its colours. We live in sad times in our…
Watkins on Time
My Spin cycle classes run for 45 minutes. But, as I sweat and struggle my way through a one minute sprint, I always find it helpful when the instructor informs us that there are just 15 seconds to go. A…
Watkins on Promise
I referred to Christopher Watkin’s book ‘Biblical Critical Theory’ yesterday. I do like what he had to say about Promise in his chapter on Abraham (ch 9). “Promise is a biblical figure that nestles under the overarching category of grace.…
The Italian Job – movie reflection
A couple of posts back I quoted a segment of a theological reflection that I wrote on the movie ‘The Italian Job’. It was the 2003 remake of the movie. It was part of a seminar from a decade ago…
Wonderful Genesis 1 for kids
Following on from the previous post. Here’s a page from the Children’s book ‘Wonderful Earth’. It’s an illustrated book for young children, and none of the other pages has anywhere near as many words as this one. I always need…
Hyper Abundance
“So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good…And God made the beasts…
Thanks, Heavenly Father, for John
“your Father knows that you need them. …Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” (Luke 12:30-32). Last Sunday I closed my sermon on Luke 12:22-34 with an illustration about God as…
Worrying Times
I’ve been considering Jesus’ words about worry and anxiety in Luke 12:22-31 this week as I prepare to preach. Anxiety is certainly a modern day concern. I had that confirmed as I read this headline in today’s newspaper: ‘Coping classes’…
Dual Baptism – gospel unity
As an Anglican I have long held to infant baptism (or paedobaptism). But, while I encourage this view, I recognise the differing viewpoint of many of my Baptist brethren who hold to ‘credo baptism’ (the baptism that follows a profession…