The problem when we read the Bible is, we want the answers to our questions to be handed us on a platter. The only thing handed over on a platter in the Bible is the head of John the Baptist. Ben Trigg.
I mean come on. I was listening to Moral Maze on Radio 4 the other night when driving home late. They were discussing ‘nudging’ – whereby the government use recognised, surreptitious practices to ‘nudge’ the thinking of the public in one direction or another. There were arguments for and against, and much of it explicity … More When democracy isn’t exactly that. [Tuition Fees.]
We have a good God. It is my firm belief that the understanding and belief that ‘God is good’ is the cornerstone to good theology. Living with an awareness of this, I have found more and more that Scripture confirms and underlines this! And here is just one more example that has been feeding my … More God’s mouth and His hand
Every once in a while, I stumble across a little gem, something nice and tasty – a nugget shall we say – in the Bible. This morning was one such occasion. I was going over some notes in my Bible around 1 Kings and I saw that I’d made a note to ‘see the Kingdom’ … More Solomon’s kingdom – nugget
Take a look at this deeply theological video: If you haven’t seen that before, well you have now, and you’re in great danger of incessantly hearing ‘night time…DAYTIME!’ in your head. Sorry about that. Anyway, Walk on the Wild Side has been on again recently, and this cheerful bird has been gracing the screen…reminding us … More We’re not people of the night time…we’re people of the DAYTIME!
Hi folks. For a little while now I’ve been thinking about getting a band together and doing a proper worship evening somewhere. As you’ll know from navigating this blog, I got a few songs I’d like to try out. Plans are now beginning to come together, and it’s looking like something may happen in the … More Worship concert sometime in the new year…
Hopefully readers might know that I’m not the kind of person to assume I know everything, and I do not welcome the insults and unconstructive commentary that often takes place online in response to hot topics like this – just an advance notice. But I cannot help but be bemused as to how Dawkins and … More Bemused (amused?) by Richard Dawkins’ logic
I recently tweeted that it was “a good Job I’m reading, (not a good robe I’m needing)”, which among the two people who read it caused perhaps only a little confusion and bemusement. It was probably too cryptic, what I’d meant by it was, I’m reading Job (rhyming with “robe”, ie., the Biblical character – … More James and Job
There’s been some iHype in cyberspace again recently. Roughly around this time each year (or a bit earlier actually, I’m late to the party), there are a string of new Apple announcements, and this year is no exception. Fans like myself will be aware that Apple recently released a new line in their iPod range, … More Why I think Apple should continue the iPod Classic
I generally love listening to Shawn for the reason that he says stuff like this! Come on. I think this is great because it shows Christians that we can rise above this whole ‘cultural relevance’ thing that people try and go for so much, and become culture-setters. I’m okay with that!
