1 John 5 – summing up, and one more thing…
Ian B. Here are a few thoughts on the final chapter of this lovely short letter of 1 John. Like the gospel of John, this letter rewards a fairly quick read with…
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1 John 4 – Abiding, loving (and testing)
This letter of 1 John has themes that come around again and again. So in chapter 4 we read again about the opponents of Jesus (which John calls antichrist), the…
1 John 2 – the perfection of the love of God
1 John 2 is much longer than 1 John 1 which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago, and it contains a wide range of themes and ideas –…
The genitive love of God
Continuing our thinking about the love of God I was reading Romans 5.5 this week, which says that “God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit…
Joseph was a righteous man
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for Righteousness I’m getting to the end of my study of Joseph, which I’ve really enjoyed. There are valuable things we can all…
When you pray…
Do you pray? Have you thought about the way you pray, and how you address God when you pray? Have you listened to the ways other people pray? One Bible…
Reading the Bible like Jesus
A reflection on Luke 2-4, based on the talk for CCC 2 January 2022 In 2022 we’re aiming to grow in ‘living like Jesus did’ (1 John 2:6), and we’re…
The Making of Biblical Womanhood – Beth Allison Barr
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth A deconstruction of complementarianism showing how it is not a recovery of a historical or scriptural understanding…
What Mary Did
At the end of Lent 2021, during which I was encouraged by a friend to grow in creativity, I was preparing my talk for church on Easter Sunday. Drawing from…