Jesus and worry
As I look back on my life I realise how many times I have worried unnecessarily. If only I had trusted God completely, I would have […]
View ArticleWho creates wealth? God?
When, around the year 200, Clement of Alexandria wrote Which Rich People Can Be Saved?, most Christians thought they couldn’t. When Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson […]
View ArticleThe meanings in Christmas carols
Christmas carols. I love the tunes. But the more theology I read, the more unhappy I become with the words. There are exceptions, but most fit […]
View ArticleMay you flourish in the new year
When I was half my present age, we would take our children to a local park. We’d carefully hold hands, looking both ways as we crossed […]
View ArticleWhat did Jesus actually do?
This is a summary of what Jesus was up to between his baptism by John and his final journey into Jerusalem. It was my sermon for […]
View ArticleGirard, Jesus and the defence of the scapegoat
In my last post I described the story about the second century healer Apollonius of Tyana, and how René Girard analysed it as a scapegoating process. […]
View ArticleHow did Jesus heal people?
According to the gospels, Jesus often healed people. To us his healings seem weird – so unlike what we expect from doctors. Some people have explained […]
View ArticleWhy were the healings of Jesus so controversial?
In my last post I described how the healings Jesus did were the kinds of things traditional healers do. In general, what the gospels report may […]
View ArticleHoly Week and the possibility of different values
Unusually, last week I watched the BBC’s Question Time. I was left feeling the issues were being debated strictly within the media echo chamber. Perhaps Holy […]
View ArticleStrikes, poverty and Jesus
It looks like we are in for a few months of strikes. As more and more people are being financially squeezed, resistance is increasing. The media, […]
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