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In the wisdom books of the Bible there is a recurring theme which, for the ancient writers, was clearly one of the “big issues” of their time. The issue is this: when and how does God judge the wicked and reward the righteous? Does God do that during our lifetime or is judgement reserved forContinue reading “The Wisdom of Job”

“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” (1 Thessalonians 5:21, KJV) “but test everything; hold fast what is good.” (1 Thessalonians 5:21, ESV) So says the Apostle Paul, and it sounds like a very ‘modern’ statement, sitting quite well in our scientific age.  But my suspicion is that we don’t apply it quiteContinue reading “Prove all things”

One of the less successful Christian responses to the progress of human knowledge was to claim that there would always be aspects of life, the universe and everything which could never be explained by human discovery and that God would always be needed to explain these gaps in human knowledge. Alister McGrath in his 2007Continue reading “The God of the gaps?”

The Church at Colosse was not founded directly by the Apostle Paul, but through another disciple, Epaphras, who probably heard the Gospel from Paul in Ephesus (Col 1:7) Like many cities of the Roman province of Asia, the prevailing religious culture was one of polytheism. However, there was also a large Jewish community in thisContinue reading “Transferred to his kingdom”

Some parts of the Bible make great reading, they have action, drama and engaging characters.  Other parts might seem dull as dishwater or just plain weird – like Leviticus! Leviticus is the third book of the Bible, coming after Genesis and Exodus.  It’s all about how to perform sacrifices, what food is clean and unclean,Continue reading “Why read Leviticus?”