Tom Wright on the balance of Christian life.
Tom Wright, in his short commentary, Luke for Everyone (p297-8), comments on the balance of Christian life, as an integration between scripture and sacrament, head and heart, belief and action.: […]
Monthly Archives: March 2008
The poor in the gospel of Luke (iii)
Having called his disciples, healed some people, and having taught (and been thrown out of) the synagogue, Jesus comes down from a mountain where he was praying to the plain, […]
A puzzling bit of the Bible – Exodus 4
I’m following a Bible reading plan that helps you get through the Bible in a year – never done it before and I’m already a bit behind, bt I suppose […]
Historical Societies oppose modernising churches.
This article appeared in the Observer on Sunday March 16 2008 on p20 of the News section. Old churches are seeing efforts to update their worship space for the benefit […]
Have we created a substanceless world?
A few months ago, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, got into a bit of a media tangle over comments about making arrangements for religious law systems to be accommodated […]
Why do cats do this?
This was clean, fresh water, but our cat was determined to spill it all over the floor instead of drink it. weird.
Church welcoming, closing the back door.
I’m reading just a section from Bob Jackson’s book, The Road to Growth. Here’s a couple of stories that he tells on the subject of church welcoming: “The Bishop and […]
Christian environmentalists, putting time and money where their mouth is.
Some friends of mine, who are Christians, have a heart for looking after the environment. Today, they are featured in the UK newspaper, The Times, for bucking the trend amongst […]
Bible-believing Christians – Velvet Elvis 2
Martin Luther, Wycliffe, Cranmer and other church reformers of the fifteenth and the sixteenth century were some of the first to suggest that the Bible should be available in the […]
The poor in the gospel of Luke (ii)
OK, onto chapters 3 and 4 of Luke. Chapter 3 begins with a section on John the Baptist. He is preaching and baptising in the river Jordan and the crowds […]
