by Andy Roland | Sep 27, 2018 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible
PAUL AND GRACE What is it? Grace was one of St Paul’s favourite words. “Grace and peace be with you” was his normal greeting. And his whole theology can be summed up in the sentence, “By grace you have...
by Andy Roland | Sep 14, 2018 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible
PAUL ON FAITH A Tricky Word Faith is a tricky word. It has at least two meanings, faith that … and faith in … ‘Faith that’ can often replace ‘believe that’, e.g. that God exists, that Donald Trump is a great American president etc. ‘Faith...
by Andy Roland | Aug 22, 2018 | Newsletter
REV ANDY’S NEWS AUGUST 2018 FESTIVALS August is the time for festivals. This year I am taking part in two; New Wine in Somerset, and Greenbelt in Northamptonshire. I went to New Wine on my own and camped. Normally I rather dread camping, but this year was great,...
by Andy Roland | Aug 22, 2018 | Newsletter
REV ANDY’S NEWS JULY 2018 FESTIVALS August is the time for festivals. This year I am taking part in two; New Wine in Somerset, and Greenbelt in Northamptonshire. I went to New Wine on my own and camped. Normally I rather dread camping, but this year was great,...
by Andy Roland | Aug 17, 2018 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible
PAUL ON JUSTIFICATION (or something) The problem of translation When I first started thinking about Paul’s message of justification in Romans, I thought the task would be fairly straightforward. I soon realised...
