Leviticus at first sight can appear a challenge to any serious bible student. It is often remarked that those who embark on reading the bible through all to often fall at this hurdle. It is full of elaborate rituals for the priesthood and descriptions of sacrifices involving quite gory detail of blood being shed. It is no doubt the lengthy descriptions of Leviticus that the writer to the Hebrews had in mind when he summarized that almost all things are... Read more
Church is all about community, and teamwork. I intend to blog a lot more about team in the next little while (UPDATE: I have now done so at It is teamwork that will change the world) . To whet your attitude and to underline to any unchurched christian out there that solitary christianity is deeply unsatisfying, here are a list of many of the “one anothers” of the bible- we cannot do these unless we are in a real community... Read more
No, I havent gone sadistic. I would like to issue a challenge to bloggers- read Acts 15:28-29 and explain using the passage context and the rest of the new testament to demonstrate whether you feel that all the “requirements” of the Jerusalem council applies to Christians today or not. This time I will be declaring a winner- answers on a blog and to be linked to in the comments section of this post. Read more
In How to be a successful blogger part 1 I discussed some simple blogger settings and advised people to submit to google and use pingomatic and then in part 2 I discussed how to define success. There are three factors critical to success as a blogger if for you part of success means being read1- Making google your friend2- Becomming part of a community3- Using RSS/Atom/XML wisely The best thing about search engines is they all work together by and... Read more
JOLLYBLOGGER: has a great post on Wright and doesnt either demonise or idolise him. This is vintage jollyblogger and much better than anything I am likely to write this week! Read more
Blogotional: issues a challenge which sadly I do not have time to address this week- so maybe one of my readers can do so for us: “I’d like to issue a challenge to those in the ‘preaching can do both in the same context category.’ It’s twofold. Please provide an exegesis of Hebrews 6:1-2 as quoted in my original post linked above and apply that to preaching within the context of regular Sunday worship. Also, what model would you have... Read more
In How to be a successful blogger part 1 I discussed some simple blogger settings and advised people to submit to google and use pingomatic to help to get more web traffic your way. But as I thought about where to take this next it struck me that there is a more basic question to ask- Do I want people to visit my site? Really, such a question is part of a fundemental one that every blogger needs to ask... Read more
It is time to share with you my readers my take on what is needed to be a successful blogger. Today I begin a series where I will discuss the secrets of successful blogging. I will share with you everything I know! To be a successful blogger you must first have a blog. A blog is quite simply a regularly updated website. Try and avoid feeling that your blog MUST be updated every day- otherwise you may feel that writing... Read more
Blogotional has an interesting post where he seems to argue that preaching should be targetted at the maturing christians and not visiting unbelievers. My growing conviction is that every sermon I preach needs to be targetted at both groups. I want a child who knows nothing about God to be able to understand AND a theology professor to benefit in some way from the same sermon. Is it any wonder why preaching is such a fearsome task. There is no... Read more
Blogotional: asks for help with the following questions: # Absent miraculous signs, how can Finney’s or anyone else’s experience be established as a genuine encounter with the Holy Spirit? # Is such an experience necessary for sanctification? # Will this experience always be spectacular, even if not miraculous? # Where does the spiritual end and the emotional begin? How do we discern that point? # Is the experience accessible to all? How? If not, why not? # Are those who... Read more
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