He is risen from the dead Alleluia

Alleluia Jesus is risen from the dead, he is alive he’s come back from the dead, the plot twist we have been teasing for the last few weeks. Jesus is risen from the dead, he has come back to the life, that is not something that happened before and Jesus has done it, he has risen from the dead Hallelujah! It’s so great to be able to shout that so loudly right now on this most Holy Day, Jesus is alive. … More He is risen from the dead Alleluia

Difficult passages of scripture

Sometimes it is hard to hold up the bible at the end of the gospel and say this is the gospel of the Lord, how do you reverence what we’ve just heard what a gospel! You need a lie down after that and to top it all there’s a list at the end and it’s a list and a half. How to defile or not to defile and we’re reading a list almost 2,000 years old and I agree with most of them, at least some of them still … More Difficult passages of scripture

In the beginning was the Word

When I was at theological college you have to many different bible modules and in one particular Old Testament we had to choose out of three passages to write an assignment on (quite standard). The one I choose was the one on the book of Proverbs because I hadn’t really engaged with much before so I though why not and I really liked it, the first nine chapters of the book are an interesting introduction to the wisdom that was to follow … More In the beginning was the Word