by Andy Roland | Jan 28, 2024 | Bible, Jesus, Pentecost
WHY WAS JOHN THE BAPTIST? INTRODUCTION John the Baptist (or rather Yohanan as in his home language of Aramaic), is a familiar figure in Christian churches. He is particularly revered for pointing to Jesus (or Yeshua in his home language). No one asks why...
by Andy Roland | Jun 2, 2023 | Bible, Newsletter, Pentecost, writing
Wisdom in Earls Court CORONATION To be honest, I did not expect the coronation weekend to be so memorable. It started a day before with two splendid double page article on Charles and Camilla in the Evening Standard. On the day itself, I...
by Andy Roland | May 29, 2023 | Pentecost
WHY DOES THE CHURCH IGNORE THE HOLY SPIRIT? From 1980 to 2000 the Church of England celebrated the feast of Pentecost by having a complete week of Bible readings on the Holy Spirit. But in 2000 the new service book, ‘Common Worship’ abandoned that inspiring...
by Andy Roland | Jun 14, 2022 | Bible, Pentecost
WHERE? I made my first visit to Jerusalem in December 1963. It was then split between Israel and Jordan, and I had no access to the Old City. The owner of the Holyland Hotel in West Jerusalem had compensated by creating a very large model of 1st...
by Andy Roland | Jun 10, 2019 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible, Pentecost
WHO/WHAT? WHEN? WHY? Who?/What? Language questions In the Old Testament the same word ‘ruach’ means both wind and spirit. So Genesis 1.3 can be translated, “the spirit of/from God was moving over the waters”, or “a wind from God was moving over the waters”....
