Posts tagged ‘God’

Dec 1

Stripped (Eddie Izzard)

Last week Arthur and I went to see Eddie Izzard in his latest show Stripped. We’ve previously enjoyed his humorous take on European history in Dress to Kill and this time amused ourselves pre-show by translating the Hebrew paragraph on the backdrop. There were a number of other ancient languages there as well so we figured the show would be about ancient history. It was actually more about beliefs. Izzard opened with the statement that he used to be an agnostic but had decided to become an atheist for two reasons. Read more

Oct 25

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God and the nations in the psalms: Conclusion

Missiologists love to talk about the parts of the Psalms that call on the nations to praise God and there are a lot of them. But there are even more references to their defeat! On top of that, it seems to be God’s glory that is the focus, not the nations. So what can we say about God’s attitude to the nations? Read more

Sep 13

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Yahweh speeches

This week I preached on God’s speeches in Job 38-42 at our church.

Jun 2

Walk On: Book Review

I’m mainly familiar with John Goldingay‘s work because he’s an Old Testament scholar but To The Usual Suspects, also published as Walk On, is a book of quite a different nature. More autobiographical, it’s a series of reflections on what it’s been like to live with his wife who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when they were engaged. The book is about his one word questions, like ‘calamity’, ‘darkness’, ‘friendship’, ‘hope’, ‘identity’, ‘trust’. Read more

Aug 14

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