Archive for the ‘Prophets’ Category

  • The doctrine of “headship”

    Nov 11, 14 • Ephesians, Gender, Isaiah, Jesus1 Comment
    The doctrine of “headship”

    There is a lot of discussion (at least there is in the online circles I move in) about claims to a doctrine of “headship” that is biblical and that means husbands should take a leadership role with respect to their their wives. Or possibly that men should over women more generally. In a recent discussion [&hellip...

  • Coming back to the heart of worship

    Aug 20, 14 • Isaiah, Leviticus, WorshipComments Off on Coming back to the heart of worship
    Coming back to the heart of worship

    We had just recorded the video for the new CareyMedia DVD, that year it used conversations between small groups of staff, one I was involved in was about worship. So, here I want to suggest that Leviticus (esp. Lev 19:1-2) and Isaiah 6 can help us come back to the heart of worship (as the [&hellip...

  • Jonah’s Psalm

    Jun 13, 14 • Context, Faithfully, Genre, Jonah2 Comments
    Jonah’s Psalm

    The psalm in Jonah 2:2-9 (2:3-10 in Hebrew) is a fine example of a thanksgiving psalm, and everything in its expression and theology would sound fine in the book of Psalms. However, on Jonah’s lips after we have heard the narrative of chapter one, it takes a different flavour. Read in its place in the [&hellip...

  • Jonah: Thoroughly fishy!

    Jun 12, 14 • Genre, Humour, Jonah2 Comments
    Jonah: Thoroughly fishy!

    Spotting the exaggerations and humour in the book can help us understand, but it also acts as a warning!...

  • Universalism, or Not? Part One: Jonah

    Apr 24, 14 • Jonah, Universalism4 Comments
    Universalism, or Not? Part One: Jonah

    In this short series (of two podcasts) I’ll describe two things I think I know, two stakes in the ground when I come to think about the topic of “universalism” that has been much discussed (and even more an excuse for slanging matches) recently around the Bible-focused blogs. Let’s start by admitting there are many [&hellip...

  • Jonah 1:11-12 Underestimating Jonah?

    Apr 1, 14 • Jonah, NarrativeComments Off on Jonah 1:11-12 Underestimating Jonah?
    Jonah 1:11-12  Underestimating Jonah?

    I has been too long since I added to my (very) slowly growing series on Jonah. So, when I saw that this magnificent little book was among the ones otherwise missing from the April carnival I could not resist. We like our stories (fairly) simple, we want to know who the goodies and the baddies [&hellip...

  • Ezekiel’s Spacemen: Prophecy Ancient or Modern? (Reading the Bible Faithfully, 2)

    Mar 6, 14 • Ezekiel, FaithfullyComments Off on Ezekiel’s Spacemen: Prophecy Ancient or Modern? (Reading the Bible Faithfully, 2)
    Ezekiel’s Spacemen: Prophecy Ancient or Modern? (Reading the Bible Faithfully, 2)

    Here is another video for my Reading the Bible Faithfully program...

  • Genres of Poetry in Scripture

    Sep 25, 13 • 1 Samuel, Deuteronomy, Ecclesiastes/Qohelet, Genesis, Genre, Isaiah, Job, Judges, Numbers, Prophets, ProverbsComments Off on Genres of Poetry in Scripture
    Genres of Poetry in Scripture

    This podcast may benefit from a set of notes, either as an alternative to the audio/screencast or as a reminder (since has a high information content). It is also longer and less fun than most, so if you like miss it out unless later in the series you need to come back to it for [&hellip...

  • Complaints: Part Three: a clue in Jeremiah

    May 16, 13 • Arguing with God, Complaint, JeremiahComments Off on Complaints: Part Three: a clue in Jeremiah
    Complaints: Part Three: a clue in Jeremiah

    There are a number of passages in the prophets, and especially in Jeremiah that are like the complaint (lament) psalms. In Jeremiah the passages known as “the confessions of Jeremiah” are particularly interesting. Here I’ll just look at one feature of the first two (or three, it depends how we count them 😉 of these [&hellip...

  • Why every good Christian is an Atheist!

    May 3, 13 • Isaiah, Theology, Uncategorized1 Comment
    Why every  good Christian  is an Atheist!

    There is an error common to many Atheists and Christians, though they believe their ideas are quite different. The mistake is easily made the words God and god look almost alike. So it seems obvious that “God” is a “god”. Few things sensible people believe could be further from the truth.  ...