It’s a line in the hymn “living he loved me”. The chorus goes Living he loved me, Dying he saved me, Buried he carried my sins far away. Rising he justified, freely for ever. One day he’s coming, oh glorious day. I’ve written recently about life between death and resurrection. I’ve talked about the way… Continue reading Buried he carried my sins far away
Tag: Death and resurrection
When Saturday comes: between death and resurrection
One of the themes we recently picked up on over Easter was that the whole of history is death and resurrection shaped because it is centred on, points to and is shaped by the death and resurrection of Jesus. This means that our lives are death and resurrection shaped too. This is both in the… Continue reading When Saturday comes: between death and resurrection
Why you shouldn’t treat football as trivial
If you know me, then it won’t have escaped your attention that something significant happened in Bradford at the weekend and I was there for it. The significant thing was a football game. It is worth pausing there. Some of you may be choking on your coffee at the suggestion that there is anything significant… Continue reading Why you shouldn’t treat football as trivial
Home and away
There is one small matter that we might risk overlooking but would have been muvh more on Jacob’s radar. Departure from the land has tended and especially to Egypt has tended to be seen as negative in Genesis. Read Genesis 46 Jacob begins the journey down to Egypt. He pauses at Beersheba to offer sacrifices.… Continue reading Home and away
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