When “wars and rumors of wars” hit the headlines, Christians will often proclaim, “This must be the end.” And often they will point to Mark 13 as proof. Yet in this chapter Jesus says something quite different: 7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such […]
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An after-dinner talk on the KJV. I speak about the impact of the KJV on language, on culture and then speak of the true King of the King James Bible. Everyone left with my book at the end. (If you want me to do something similar at your church, let me know). Here’s the Powerpoint. And here’s the […]
Whatever dominates the skyline of a city tells you what they worship. In that ancient city of Babel, they sought a name for themselves so they tried to build a tower to heaven. In a sense they worshipped themselves. The ancient cities that Paul visited would have been dominated by massive shrines and temples, set […]
Jesus calls the Pharisees a lot of names in Matthew chapter 23. They are hypocrites – not practising what they preach. They are blind guides. They are absurdly imbalanced moralists – straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel. They are whited sepulchres, they are serpents, vipers and murderers, the very apex of evil in […]
Last time we considered the absurd lack of proportion demonstrated by the Pharisees. They strained at gnats and swallowed camels. In other words they obsessed over minutiae and ignored the whole point of the Scriptures. But how did it come to this? How did they end up having such a diabolical problem with perspective? Well […]
“There was an old lady who swallowed a cow, to catch the dog, to catch the cat, to catch the bird, to catch the spider, that wriggled and wiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don’t know why she swallowed the fly – Perhaps she’ll die!” (Traditional Nursery […]
In the 16th century, nowhere was as dangerous for a would-be Bible translator as England. In 1517 (the year of Luther’s 95 theses), seven parents were burnt at the stake for teaching their children the Lord’s Prayer in English. Back in 1215AD, the Fourth Lateran Council declared: “The secret mysteries of the faith ought not […]
Three times Jesus uses this image in the Gospels: “Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?” (Luke 6:39) “They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.” (Matthew 15:14) “Woe unto you, ye blind guides.” (Matthew 23:16) […]
— The drug-taking sports star milking a squeaky clean image with the sponsors. — The socialist MP who sends her children to exclusive prep-schools. The world despises a leader who does not practise what they preach. And so does Jesus. In fact Jesus leads the way in the condemnation: “Then spake Jesus to the multitude, […]
Another little King James Video
By Glen on October 11th, 2011
Just discovered this here.