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...
by Andy Roland | Jul 28, 2018 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible
PAUL ON THE LAW (or Torah) Introduction A major theme that Paul seemed to talk about a lot was the Law. In fact he only talked about it when he needed to, specifically in his letters to the Christians in Rome and Galatia. It is barely mentioned in 1...
by Andy Roland | Jul 21, 2018 | Newsletter
REV ANDY’S NEWS JULY 2018 “WHAT GOOD NEWS?” a progress report Last month I had just started the essay “What Good News?”, looking at the context of the gospel though the ages. I have now covered the first 1800 years of the Christian era (wow!), including: St...
