1 April 2026
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Most churches follow a liturgical calendar around Easter that has the Last Supper on “Maundy Thursday” (where we get our mandatum to love and serve each other), Jesus being arrested and tried overnight, crucified on “Good Friday”, put in a … Continue reading
15 February 2026
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The story of David defeating Goliath is so well known in the English-speaking world that many people, who would have only a vague idea that it comes from the Bible and no chance of pinpointing it as being found in … Continue reading
29 November 2025
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I’m now up to day 333 of my reading plan (it was 222 when I last posted about it) and very near the end. In just over a week’s time I’ll have reached the final portion of readings and have … Continue reading
29 October 2025
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Part 2 of the What to Expect series. Now I have reminded you of the background, I am going to read all of chapter four. I want to you have God’s holy word, not God’s word, full of holes! This is chapter … Continue reading
15 September 2025
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For several years, the BibleGateway website has been my go to source for looking up verses, studying in preparation for preaching and putting links to verses I mention on this blog. You will notice there is no link in the … Continue reading
17 April 2025
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This week, I was studying the book of Jude with some friends. It is one of the shortest books of the Bible, tucked in just before Revelation. If people know anything about it, that is most likely to be the … Continue reading
8 April 2025
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I’ve now finished the House of David series on Amazon Prime that I blogged about recently. I was a little cautious of it then and I remain that way now. Compared to the biblical account, it covers from about 1 … Continue reading
29 November 2024
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At the Hathern Baptist Church prayer meeting Jane and I went to last night, it opened with a short reading from Psalm 68 (about vv. 4-10). Most people were reading from the pew Bible, which is the NIV translation but … Continue reading
28 October 2024
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This week, Kensington Temple (a large Elim church in London) is running an initiative called ‘Hear the Word’, with the whole Bible being read out loud from cover to cover over the course of this week. Readings will be going … Continue reading
27 October 2024
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While I was cooking yesterday evening, I was listening to a video from Mike Winger (included at the end of this post). I count him as a pretty good guide to thinking through theology, including the fact that he is … Continue reading