As I have been meditating on Genesis 8 on various occasions over the past year or so the Lord has brought out for me some wonderful food for thought. The story, familiar perhaps to those of us raised in Sunday schools of various kinds, is of Noah’s releasing the dove to discover if dry land … More Hosting the Presence of the Holy Spirit
Is it achievable? I’m just starting to realise where we’ve been and where we need to go in the church with regard to distribution of wealth. For a while I’ve had convictions borne out of passages like 2 Corinthians 8, which takes its cue in turn from Exodus and the story of the provision of … More Radical Financial Equality
When Jesus did His first temple protest early on in His ministry as recorded in John’s Gospel, the disciples it says remembered a Scripture which says “zeal for Your house has eaten me up.” Well in ‘proper’ language it says “consumed” which isn’t bad but I like “eaten me up” because I like to think … More Consumed by zeal
One of my most recent and sustained developing interests has been in the area of economics. More and more I have found issues in this realm to thoroughly occupy my mind, especially when it comes to addressing the needs of the poor. From a Christian perspective this no doubt takes a slightly different route than … More Breaking out of the spiralling vortex of capitalism
I have been inspired by recently reading over Revelation 20-22 and particular themes that come out in this critically important final chapter of Scripture. And one of the things that has been amazing me is John’s revelation of the bride of Christ. To some the subject might not be new but it’s always worth remembering … More The Bride of Christ
More and more I find the way the Lord teaches us is by experience. Have you ever looked at the Bible with its 66 books and thought – how on earth am I supposed to learn about all THAT? Growing up as a Christian that was certainly one of my questions. An entire read-through doesn’t … More Two is better than one
I have been struck recently by thinking again about a couple of unique moments in Scripture, as well as hearing about similar experiences from Christians today. The moments I refer to are times when a person of faith in a moment of extreme diversity and tension, chooses to take the action of worshiping in that … More Worship 5: when times are tough
Just a little nugget of a thought which has been buzzing round my head quite a lot of late. I find in my own life I’ve started to overcome any sense of the ‘stigmata’ of being a Christian – ie, being afraid to speak up for what I believe because I’m too concerned about what … More Not afraid of the good news
In what could be the first of a series (I suppose) on hermeneutics (and that depends on whether I find enough time/inspiration springing up to continue on other issues), I thought I’d at least make a little note containing my thoughts on a certain hermeneutic principle which is found to be prevalent especially in the … More The Bible – are we supposed to take it literally?
Just a short one. The traditional Christmas-card image of angels holding hymn-books and all singing something which requires their mouths to be thoroughly round (must be O come all ye faithful) – have you noticed that no one sings like that? – doesn’t usually shake anyone’s Biblical grasp too much. Indeed the great penultimate verse … More Angels sing in the Bible
Ben David Trigg 