1549 HT: Dan Graves Elizabeth Dirks was a trailblazer and a woman of great courage. Raised in a nunnery in East Friesland, she learned to read Latin and read the Bible through and through. She became certain that monasticism was not the way taught in Scripture. With the help of milkmaids she escaped and became…
Thanks to David Robertson, aka The Wee Flea, for this typically clear and insightful article on the latest piece of legislative nonsensical danger emanating from the SNP. I am just waiting for the day when SNP decided to twin Scotland with N Korea as the two countries currently have so much in common with their…
687 HT: Dan Graves A lowly shepherd named Cuthbert became a monk after he had a vision in which he saw the soul of the Celtic missionary Aidan carried to heaven by angels. In entering the church, he was influenced by one of his playmates, who prophesied that one day he would become a bishop.…
I have been done some preparatory work for a lecture on What is the Gospel? and have been struck by the variety of ways in which that word is used in the New Testament. The noun – euangelion – comes 96 times throughout the New Testament; three quarters of those occurrences being in Paul’s letters.…
I am reposting this series of powerpoint videos from 2020 taking us through Holy Week, day by day. The sound quality isn’t as good as it could be now, for which apologies.
