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Adam and Israel

Posted by Dyfed on Friday, April 13, 2012 In : Bible

It's been a while … but in my last post on Genesis 1-11 I said that some believe that, far from being the literal, historical truth about the first ever human couple, Adam and Eve represent the beginning of Israel. I want to sketch out a little more on this idea today.

The key to taking this line is to understand when Genesis - and much of the Old Testament - was written. Tradition had it that the Pentateuch - the first five books of the Bible - was written by Moses thus placing it right at ...

Threadbare Blog

Posted by Dyfed on Wednesday, April 11, 2012

I'm struggling to settle into a new rhythm since taking this new job so apologies that the blog has been a bit threadbare recently. Maybe it's to do with being tied to 'imperial time', as Roger Mitchell would have it. Hoping to have something on that subject soon!

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Compassion from the Cross

Posted by Dyfed on Friday, April 6, 2012 In : Random

John records three of the sayings that Jesus uttered from the cross. The last is a deep theological reflection on how Jesus was accomplishing his task; the second was an indication that Jesus was fully human and could physically thirst in those agonising hours; and the first … well the first saying bothers me. 'Woman, here is your son,' he says to his mother Mary. And to John he says, 'Here is your mother.'

Compassion

Traditionally this saying has been interpreted as Jesus showing the depth o...

Choosing your superpower

Posted by Dyfed on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 In : Post-Christendom

Tried unjustly, scourged, humiliated, slapped in the face, and introduced by a sarcastic Pilate - 'Behold, your King!' Maybe it's no wonder that faced with such a king the religious leaders responded with 'We have no king but Caesar.' Whether they had recognised Jesus as the true Son of God or not their choice was to bow the knee to that other son of god - the Roman Emperor.

Choosing power

From the world's view it was hardly a choice: the leader of the world's only super power or a battered and...

Praxis

Posted by Dyfed on Monday, April 2, 2012 In : Random

At the start of the year Helen had a strong sense that she should be preaching on the change of seasons. Today I am stepping into a very different season in my own working life as it is the first day in my new job working in the translation unit of the Countryside Council for Wales. It is a part time post, working every afternoon.

Praxis

We have had a sense for a while that we should be doing more in terms of 'tent-making' and as regular readers will be aware I have been blogging through Pagan ...