Trampled on
Michael ·
· Series: Beyond the Pale
I have a feeling that this might be my last ‘beyond the pale’ blog for a while, I feel like I just need a change. This is not to say […]
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Nehemiah
Michael ·
· Series: Beyond the Pale
Often in the Old Testament you come across these bizarre scenes of communal worship, communal grieving or communal confession amongst others. I say bizarre, because I suppose we just don’t […]
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Saul and David
Michael ·
· Series: Beyond the Pale
‘A Question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved.’ Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince In 1 Samuel 18 we read a story that will […]
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Ananias and Sapphira
Michael ·
· Series: Beyond the Pale
Confession time, some of you might remember parts of this blog from a talk I did in Ignite a few years ago, actually I think you can find the recording […]
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Hagar
Michael ·
· Series: Beyond the Pale
Religion has been involved, both subtlety and obviously, in all sorts of conflict and violence throughout human history. There is no avoiding the fact that in the wrong hands religion […]
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Gideon
Michael ·
· Series: Beyond the Pale
I realise that this ‘beyond the pale’ series of blogs has been resembling Game of Thrones with a lot of violence, sex and general post-watershed content. So this week I […]
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The Woman [unnamed]
Michael ·
· Series: Beyond the Pale
If you are into weird bible stories then Judges is probably the book for you. In some ways it reminds me of the classic book and film ‘The Princess Bride’. […]
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Uzzah
Michael ·
· Series: Beyond the Pale
I’ve never experience a celebration like the one described in 2 Samuel 6. David and the people of God have eventually got their hands on the ark of God and […]
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Tamar
Michael ·
· Series: Beyond the Pale
Dr Herbert Carl Leopold wrote an extensive commentary on Genesis in the 1940’s; at the end of each chapter he included a paragraph titled ‘Homiletical Suggestions’, basically how would you […]
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