Tag Archive for ‘Bible’
The one that got away
The Christmas holidays were drawing to an end. It wasn’t long before school would be back. However before everything once again returned to normal, we were off on holiday. Going to Lake Rotoiti had become a family tradition. It had been quite by accident that we had chanced upon this place a few years before. […]
Can You Bear It?
An eccentric philosophy professor gave a one-question final exam after a semester dealing with a broad array of topics. The class was already seated and ready to go when the professor picked up his chair, plonked it on his desk, and wrote on the board: ‘Using everything we have learned this semester, prove that this […]
Easter Sunday 31 March
Psalm 118, Acts 10:34-43,Col 3:1-14 John 20:1-9 At the centre It has been calculated that the eighth verse of Psalm 118 lies at the very centre of the Bible. Everything in Scripture that comes before this verse and everything that comes after it illumines the fact that it is better to take refuge in […]
Are you chicken?
A Reflection on God’s love and runaway chickens The trouble with chickens all began when I was just a child. My Aunt and Uncle owned a home on what could have been described back then as a bit of a “lifestyle” block. Their neighbours on either side of them, had fields containing sheep. My Aunt […]
Luther’s Example Instructive?
Martin Luther, the German Augustinian monk who rebelled against Rome and sparked the European Reformation is best known for his famous 95 theses which he may or may not have nailed on the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral. He is less known for his brilliantly successful translation of the Bible into German which became the […]
Saturday 14 May
St Matthias Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113; John 15:9-17 Pope Benedict XVI in his encyclical Deus Caritas Est, observes that “Love cannot be commanded; it is ultimately a feeling either there or not.” But he then elaborates: “In the love-story recounted by the Bible God comes towards us, he seeks to win our hearts all […]
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