I read on Facebook this week something that got me thinking. The post said during this Coronavirus lockdown it’s ok not to start a new hobby, not to redecorate the whole house or do all of those jobs you’ve been promising yourself to do. As I pondered this I appreciated
Continue readingThe story of Salome is about sensuality, sexuality and seduction. She is described as being frivolous, callous and manipulative but she is a young woman trying to survive and thrive in a man’s world. We may not like the way she does it but this is who she is. Salome
Continue readingSamson and sensible don’t belong together. Is it sensible to attack a lion? To marry your enemy? To alienate everyone at your wedding so that they burn your wife’s family home? To pursue a devious woman like Delilah? To allow yourself to be seduced by your enemy? To presume upon
Continue readingI have a few Bibles at home, some of which are a bit different from what you might expect. I have a Bikers’ Bible which is a standard Bible but with testimonies in it of what it means as a Biker to live and trust in Jesus. I also have
Continue readingThe Bible is a strange book. Its strangeness is because of its age, the cultures it reflects, the stories it tells, the vocation we’re to live out and above all of the God it speaks of. One of the peculiar assumptions we can make about the Bible is to assume
Continue readingDo you believe everything the Bible says? This is, of course, not only an unfair question but one filled with almost too many traps to number. The traps that lie in wait here for the unsuspecting respondent are based upon the assumption that we think we know what the Bible
Continue reading‘I didn’t laugh’ is perhaps Sarah’s most well known statement, or perhaps we should say lie for accuracy’s sake. She lied because the Word God had just spoken was too ridiculous for words. Who had ever heard of someone her age having a child? But there is more to these
Continue readingSaul, who was also known as Paul, was a short man who at times didn’t keep it short. On one occasion this led to a young man, called Eutychus, falling out of a window because he was so tired. Though, to be fair, Paul wasn’t able to keep it short
Continue reading‘Well duh’, you might say but isn’t this a bit obvious? Oddly enough, no. When Stephen stood before the Jewish ruling Council, the Sanhedrin, and tried to ‘Keep it Scriptural’ he ended up with more than a headache, they killed him for it. When Cleopas and his friend met Jesus
Continue readingTo have a Bible simple enough for a ploughboy to read is one thing; to keep it simple enough to understand is something altogether different. A common experience to all who have read the Bible is its sheer complexity. To read the Bible in your own language is to discover
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