“Lord teach us how to pray” If the present tendency in the main stream churches is anything to go by, then the so called lord’s prayer would not have been written by Matthew and Luke, nor would the churches have seen fit to adopt and liturgize the St Matthew version Continue Reading
Christmas Treat
”On the making of a snowstar” One of the most wellknown statements about life is made by one of the ’great’ greek philosophers. The unexamined life is not worth living The unexamined life is not worth living (Ancient Greek: ὁ … ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ) is a famous dictum Continue Reading
Make me a tent!
God has right through the history of mankind shown a considerable interest in the making of tents. In his two major contracts with humanity, those we habitually call the old and new covenant or testament, the tent and with that the concept of a temporary dwelling-place play a significant part. Continue Reading
The confetti approach to the bible
I propose the following red herring: “if we read any book by any author the way the churches read the Bible we would be hauled to court for infringing on the immaterial rights of the author.” Of course: the bible is in the public domain, no copyrights exist maintained by Continue Reading
The very stones will cry out
Two books to read The teachings of the Word of God go far beyond mere words. For one thing they are always words that must become flesh. We have the word very sure: “The word became flesh and took up its abode among us.” If indeed the words are not translated into Continue Reading
This thing called “fasting”
You did not automatically have a clear idea about what it means? Don’t worry, most of us, including myself, know very little about it in terms of real experience. But as it has a not infrequent mention in the scriptures of the new covenant it might pay to take a Continue Reading
Moving towards maturity
“Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go onto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection from the dead and of eternal judgment. Continue Reading
Oh Ye of uncircumcised hearts….
“This is my covenant with you and your seed after you: every man child among you shall be circumziced.” Gen 17:11 We live in a time when the issue of male irresponsibility and wilful self service has come to the forefront of media awareness in a way that has rarely Continue Reading
Looking at pagan worship from the revelation of God in biblical history (video)
Midsummer celebrations in Scandinavia, sunworshipping at Stonehenge, homage paid to the seasons, worship of all that is earthly and pleasant for the moment and an abandonned and reckless carnival all go together this week, that of the longest day and shortest night. Looking at it from the revelation of God Continue Reading
There is no new thing under the sun (video)
There is no new thing under the sun. The common fallacy of separating OT from NT debunked. This video was live streamed on Facebook June 15th 2017.