The gospel reading in the lectionary for this Sunday is the famous parable of the Good Samaritan, which prompted me to finally write down my own good Samaritan experience of a few years ago.
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Jesus’ Trial: How to Submissively Resist Authority
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”John 18v37 The question of Christian submission to authority is becoming a more and more pressing one. While, in the UK atContinue reading “Jesus’ Trial: How to Submissively Resist Authority”
Sin is Not the Cake, It’s the Knife
Christ tells us to repent of our sins, but why?
Epiphany: Baptism Reveals the Son(s) of God
When all the people were being baptised, Jesus was baptised too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: ‘You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.’— Luke 3v21-22 The feast of theContinue reading “Epiphany: Baptism Reveals the Son(s) of God”
Can We Sin in the New Creation?: Good, Evil, and Making Deals with the Devil
Fears in Heaven: will we be able to sin and end up back in the same mess as the first time? I attempt to answer an FAQ.
Blessed are the Poor in Social Capital
Gossip is a currency, and blessed are the poor.
You Are the Serpent Crusher
‘I will put enmity between you and the woman,and between your offspring and her offspring;he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.’Genesis 3:15 Almost immediately after the sin of Adam and Eve has been committed, in the moments after the serpent had fooled our first parents and lured them into their own damnation, GodContinue reading “You Are the Serpent Crusher”
Four Experiments in the Relationship Between Scripture and Tradition
Scripture and Tradition are sometimes thought of by evangelicals as two opposing authorities, but how might we try to read them together to work out what the apostles taught? Here, I take a stab at offering some principles, with worked examples, for understanding Scripture and Tradition together.
The Song of Easter
The resurrection is the seal of Christ’s love for us, the sign that love is indeed strong as death.
Reading Scripture: The Text, the Event, and the Community
Many say that we have to pay first attention to the original audience and the human author to understand the Scriptures. But who are they, anyway? And does that audience relate to the events that they were reading about in Scripture?
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