Well, we haven’t posted for a while since finishing our series of reading through the Bible from the perspectives of justice and peace. But, I wanted to share a short message at Christmas. Today we look at one of the more revolutionary advent passages Luke 2:8-20. We see what we can learn about Christmas from the Shepherds. Have you got any questions or feedback for us? Please do make contact! At this stage we are releasing 2 episodes a week (Tuesday and Friday mornings) - so please do check back! Today we also included a short sponsorship - I hope it is not obtrusive. Any income received help ..read more

In today’s episode we move on to a discussion of Revelation 5 in which there is a fascinating shift from the rule of the Lion to the rule of the Lamb! What does this mean for our lives in terms of Jesus’ commitments to justice and peace? Have you got any questions or feedback for us? Please do make contact! At this stage we are releasing 2 episodes a week (Tuesday and Friday mornings) - so please do check back! Today we also included a short sponsorship - I hope it is not obtrusive. Any income received helps us to support projects and initiatives related to justice and peace that we are involv ..read more

Each of us looks at the world, and we make sense of it, through our own ‘eyes’. This is known as a worldview. John and his intended readers had worldviews that differed from ours. We too have differing worldviews. Today we delve into Revelation chapter 4 as we consider various worldviews. Have you got any questions or feedback for us? Please do make contact! At this stage we are releasing 2 episodes a week (Tuesday and Friday mornings) - so please do check back! Today we also included a short sponsorship - I hope it is not obtrusive. Any income received helps us to support projects and initiat ..read more

Today we look at an aspect of the symbolism in the book of Revelation - Jesus’ peaceful word coming to us. Have you got any questions or feedback for us? Please do make contact! At this stage we are releasing 2 episodes a week (Tuesday and Friday mornings) - so please do check back! Today we also included a short sponsorship - I hope it is not obtrusive. Any income received helps us to support projects and initiatives related to justice and peace that we are involved in. The series contains almost 100 episodes - please do check back with us each week. You are welcome to be in contact with eith ..read more

Today we continue our journey into the book of the Revelation to John for the Seven Churches. It is important that we always keep in mind that the authors of books of the Bible (which were letters, or histories, or poetry etc.) had a particular audience, set or concerns and objectives in mind. We are not the primary audience. This does not mean that there is no value for us - quite the opposite! It is like listening to a wise person offering sage advice to someone else. We can learn so much my carefully listening in! Have you got any questions or feedback for us? Please do make contact! At thi ..read more

Any careful reader of New Testament texts will quickly notice how important the Hebrew Scriptures (the Old Testament) are in the New Testament. They form the backdrop of many of the ideas, moral commitments, religious beliefs, and at times doctrinal convictions that are expressed by authors of New Testament texts. This is not surprising since it was the Bible that they used (as members of the Hebrew and early Messianic faith). Today we look at references to the Old Testament in Revelation. Have you got any questions or feedback for us? Please do make contact! At this stage we are releasing 2 e ..read more

So, the next 8 episodes form an engagement with the book of Revelation. Today we are starting with a discussion on some important aspects of the context of this much misunderstood, and often misused book in the Bible. Have you got any questions or feedback for us? Please do make contact! At this stage we are releasing 2 episodes a week (Tuesday and Friday mornings) - so please do check back! Today we also included a short sponsorship - I hope it is not obtrusive. Any income received helps us to support projects and initiatives related to justice and peace that we are involved in. The series co ..read more

The Bible contains a lot of violent imagery. How do we deal with that as persons who are called to become peaceable, like Jesus the Prince of Peace? Have you got any questions or feedback for us? Please do make contact! At this stage we are releasing 2 episodes a week (Tuesday and Friday mornings) - so please do check back! Today we also included a short sponsorship - I hope it is not obtrusive. Any income received helps us to support projects and initiatives related to justice and peace that we are involved in. The series contains almost 100 episodes - please do check back with us each week ..read more

Today we continue in a journey through the New Testament as we focus on Paul’s notion of ‘dying like Christ’ - what exactly does that mean? Have you got any questions or feedback for us? Please do make contact! At this stage we are releasing 2 episodes a week (Tuesday and Friday mornings) - so please do check back! Today we also included a short sponsorship - I hope it is not obtrusive. Any income received helps us to support projects and initiatives related to justice and peace that we are involved in. The series contains almost 100 episodes - please do check back with us each week. You are w ..read more

The apostle Paul is one of the more important figures in Christian history. Not only is he recognized as one of the primary authors of New Testament texts, his ideas have played a very significant role in the shaping and some wood claim even miss-shaping of Christian identity and belief. Today we behind a 4 episode focus on Paul. Have you got any questions or feedback for us? Please do make contact! At this stage we are releasing 2 episodes a week (Tuesday and Friday mornings) - so please do check back! Today we also included a short sponsorship - I hope it is not obtrusive. Any income receive ..read more