Tag: Trinity

TWEAKING the word order of the first verse of this Gospel could help to highlight its reassurance: “It seemed good to your Father to give you the Kingdom, which is why, little flock, you should not be afraid.” Tackling the…

THIS Gospel passage is known as the “parable of the rich fool”. That label is not a value judgement passed by readers; for Jesus tells us that the man in the story is rich, while God tells us that the man is a fool. The…

IN LUKE 11.1-13, Jesus teaches his disciples how to pray. Yet, even before they ask him to teach them, he has already begun his teaching: by showing them. So his guidance on how to pray begins with practising what he preaches…

“HEAR the word of the Lord!” When the prophets utter that command, they are not speaking as themselves, but as the Lord. They are not passing on their judgements about God. They are, in that context, God himself passing…