Abraham, my Friend 12

Abraham, my Friend 12

Shechem Time to move on, I think. It is one thing to come out, but quite another to enter in. Later in Israel’s history, there was a whole generation that came ‘out’ but never entered ‘in’. God’s intention is always

Back on the flight path – Abraham, my Friend – Part 07

Chapter Two: The Blessing second blessings? It is time now to examine the Blessing. Thus far we have identified Abraham as an ordinary man who became an extraordinary man. He was born into no special family and had no special

Abraham, my Friend 06

Abraham, my Friend 06

The head of an old man’ Guernico. Used by kind permission of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Thy prayer was heard The story of Abraham’s family begins with a little list of sons and daughters which comes to an abrupt stop:

Thy prayer was heard – Abraham, my Friend – Part 06

Chapter One: Beginnings unsatisfied hungers The story of Abraham’s family begins with a little list of sons and daughters which comes to an abrupt stop; “but Sarai was barren she had no child”. Perhaps it’s something to do with the

If we say we have no sin… Part 3

Getting Real There is one more element we need to add to complete the ‘context’ of 1 John. Four hundred years before Christ a Greek philosopher had taught ideas of form and reality. Plato used a famous illustration to make