Category Archives: Our World Today

Our World Today January 14 2013 Young people pound Ponzi to pieces “Forgive us our debts.” A line from the Lord’s prayer. I think it is curious that ‘debt’ is at the heart of today’s troubles. Apart from Adam and … Continue reading →

JANUARY 7 2013 Deus ex machina; pecunia ex machina. A peculiar title: all Latin. If you look a little closer you’ll recognize a few words, such as deus – god – and ex- from or out of- and machina, our … Continue reading →

JANUARY 2013 How God disappeared from Jorwerd. The heading is the title of a book about a village in Friesland, the Netherlands. Geert Mak, the author, entitled it Hoe God verdween uit Jorwerd. A son of a Reformed minister and … Continue reading →

December 2012 Joseph’s nightmare. Suppose that the Pharaoh, after Joseph had explained those two dreams, had shaken his head and said” “sorry prisoner, you are telling me this just to get out of jail. I don’t believe a word of … Continue reading →

November 2012 Jesus’ Wife? Archeologists found a scrap of papyrus, dating from about 400 AD, on which Jesus addresses a woman as ‘my wife’. Was he married? No. Jesus embodies the New Creation. He himself has said that in the … Continue reading →