The Resurrection of the Crucified
The Jesus story is distinctly different. It is about the resurrection of the crucified. Jesus is unlike any other religious leader. Buddha died aged 80, surrounded by a host of followers, Mohammed died aged 62, leader of a united Arabia, in the arms of his favourite wife. The Jesus story is distinctly different. It is…
Sometimes you have to wrestle with God
I’d like us to spend a little time with Jacob. The core of his story can be found between Genesis 25 and Genesis 35. His birth is interesting. He is a twin. He and his brother Esau jostle in the womb before they are born and when they are born, Esau is born first, and…
But Samuel remained in Ramah
At the end of the Epistle to the Hebrews there is a list of people that the writer says he doesn’t have time to talk about. It is an extraordinary list of individuals, and despite the writer of the Epistles reluctance, I want to write about one of them and maybe in doing so, show…