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.…
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…
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…
“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…
“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…
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’…
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…
In the last post I referred to the book on baptism called ‘Word, Water and Spirit’ by J Fesko. One of the interesting discussions was around the meaning of grace. Reading Fesko’s analysis about a word that I have often…
“For so long as we live cooped up in this prison of our body, traces of sin will dwell in us; but if we faithfully hold fast to the promise given us by God in baptism, they shall not dominate…
“Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether. Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me…
