The ark of God in 2 Samuel 15
The placement of the meeting of David with the priests carrying the ark of God in 2 Samuel 15 and the language ‘of sight’ are some of the most intriguing aspects of this chapter. Here are my conclusions from the…
Category 2 Corinthians
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…
Stott – faith and waiting
“Be thou there until I bring thee word.” I came across this sentence in the biography of John Stott. It was in a letter he wrote to someone about his experience of becoming Rector of All Souls Langham Place. I…
Grace, grace, grace
If salvation by grace through faith spans both Old and New Testament (see earlier post), then what is the difference in the New Testament? And why is there such an emphasis upon the theme of grace in the New? These…
Descended to the Dead
I wrote last week about the line in the Apostles’ Creed: ‘Descended to the dead’ (or hell). I’ve since read an article on The Gospel Coalition site by Matt Emerson about the debate. Like I did, Emerson also refers to…
A New World
You have probably heard of Wordle which has become a very popular puzzle in 2022. But have you heard of Worldle? It involves a shape of a country coming up on the screen and then working out which country or…