Christianity
The Paradox of Christ’s Nativity
“In the beginning was the Word. and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was [more…]
Religion
Christianity
Daniel – a Prophetic Vision Part 4
Daniel & the Dream of the Four Beasts Along with Daniel’s interpretation of dream for King Nebuchadnezzar, of the great statue with a golden head, chest and arms of silver, abdomen and thighs of bronze, [more…]
Authoritarianism
Be careful what you wish for
There is a certain segment of society that is sufficiently deficient in self-awareness, social conscience, understanding, and indeed wisdom, that they are incapable of any ethical or moral position other than that which is floated [more…]
Christianity
Daniel – a Prophetic Vision Part 3
The Dream of Nebuchadnezzar – Daniel Chapter 2 The second chapter of Daniel is Daniel’s first big moment ‘on stage’ in which he interprets a dream for King Nebuchadnezzar, the great king of Babylon who [more…]
Christianity
Daniel – a Prophetic Vision Part 2
Daniel – Life & Times Before addressing some of the prophecies and major events of Daniel’s book – in some ways the most densely packed book in the entire OT – in future articles, it [more…]
Arts
Daniel – a Prophetic Vision Part 1
Life and Times in a Time of Tribulation I have purposefully left off addressing the Book of Daniel – can its central character even be regarded as a Jewish prophet who even existed at all? [more…]
Authoritarianism
From Draft to Bookshop – A Journey
Almost two years ago this weekend my wife and I, rather nervously, drove into a small Devon village on our way to visit a family that I had only met through Going Postal but who [more…]
Christianity
Ezekiel the Mystical Prophet Part 2 – the Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones
I wrote these articles at the prompting of Goodnight Vienna who became very interested in the Old Testament prophets at the end of her life, and the pair on Ezekiel were the last ones she [more…]
Christianity
Ezekiel – The Mystical Prophet Part 1
The Old Testament prophet Ezekiel is regarded as one of the three major prophetic books of the Old Testament, behind Isaiah and Jeremiah. After a period in the middle 20th century when scholars tended to [more…]