Category Archives: Christmas

Peace on earth?

Posted on December 31, 2016 by

Well, I meant to post this at Christmas, but Christmas got in the way. “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, … Continue reading →

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Christmas miracles?

Posted on December 24, 2015 by

It’s a funny old time of year, Christmas – the season of peace and goodwill which is as stressful as divorce; celebrating the birth of hope with an all-out frenzy of shopping and consuming. It’s a funny old part of … Continue reading →

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Christmas round-up

Posted on December 23, 2014 by

Well, here it is, Merry Christmas… the annual season of shopping madness, mass consumer frenzy and over-indulgence, family re-unions and soaring divorce rates, TV re-runs and daft specials, terrified turkeys and terrible jokes, oh, and some kid in a manger. … Continue reading →

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The Incarnation: Why did God become human? (part II)

Posted on December 19, 2014 by

“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” John’s gospel “What if God was one of us, just a slob like one of us?” Joan Osborne Last time I looked at some of the reasons why God may have chosen … Continue reading →

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The Incarnation: why did God become human? (part I)

Posted on December 12, 2014 by

For me there are only two absolutely crucial miracles in Christianity, and they’re interlinked – the Incarnation and the Resurrection of Christ. In the first, God enters space-time and history and takes on our human nature, ‘humanising’ the deity. In … Continue reading →

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Is Jesus the Son of God?

Posted on November 26, 2014 by

And if so, what does that really mean? As we approach advent and the annual celebrations of Jesus’ birth, I think these are questions worth thinking about. I remember a moment in my earlier days as an evangelical Christian when … Continue reading →

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The nightmare after Christmas – the dark side of the Nativity

Posted on December 28, 2013 by

One of the things I do for work is to schedule ‘on this day in history’ tweets vaguely relating to our broad subject area. We’ve currently got an exhibition on about the artist J.M.W. Turner, and so I’ve been researching … Continue reading →

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Incarnation and imagination – and a defence of Christmas carols

Posted on December 23, 2013 by

In my friend’s church, they apparently won’t sing any carols that mention snow or three kings or other non-biblical additions to the Nativity story. All their Christmas songs have to be scripturally and historically accurate. Now I see this as … Continue reading →

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TEL-approved Christmas music ;)

Posted on December 18, 2013 by

Okay, this may be a little off-topic for the blog. But sometimes music can be the purest theology, or something. Last time I said there was plenty of good Christmas music if you know where to look. Fortunately, these days … Continue reading →

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