Category Archives: God

The Lord is here; his kingdom has come Part 12: God’s kingdom redeems humanity; it does not terminate our humanity However, I try to base my approach on sober realism. I cannot be blind to the suffering in the world, so I cannot be glibly optimistic that “all is well”. Yet I have not forgottenContinue reading “The Lord is here; his kingdom has come. (Part 12)”

The Lord is here; his kingdom has come Part 11: The kingdom really has come – here in the world as we know it to be Let’s consider, “the kingdom has come” more carefully, because on face value it is so ridiculous a thing to say as to be offensive. God’s kingdom has clearly notContinue reading “The Lord is here; his kingdom has come. (Part 11)”

The Lord is here; his kingdom has come Part 10: Where the Lord is, there is his kingdom So, believers no longer understand themselves to be powerless, insignificant pawns, flotsam, swirled this way and that by every current of human society, or meaningless, accidental products of a material universe . We are a band ofContinue reading “The Lord is here; his kingdom has come. (Part 10)”

The Lord is here; his kingdom has come Part 9: The Lord is the be all and end all Let us explore a little more the effect of this belief that the Lord is here. We begin with a simple conviction that, if the Lord is here then “everything is alright”. This is a ridiculousContinue reading “The Lord is here; his kingdom has come. (Part 9)”

The Lord is here; his kingdom has come Part 8: Our experience of God is of someone else, and God is wonderful beyond measure It would be a nice, easy way out of many a dilemma if God was only an experience in my own mind. However, throughout this piece we have tried to beContinue reading “The Lord is here; his kingdom has come. (Part 8)”

The Lord is here; his kingdom has come Part 7: Starting to examine precisely what we mean by “The Lord is here” I have gone quite a long way round in explaining how much I don’t know about God, and in trying to lay out a broad framework for how I experience God’s presence. IContinue reading “The Lord is here; his kingdom has come. (Part 7)”

The Lord is here; his kingdom has come Part 6: The mystery of the Holy Spirit I find the Holy Spirit an unusual idea – in some ways superfluous. If we begin with God the Father, it is an awesome development to come to believe that he “has sent his one and only Son”. TheContinue reading “The Lord is here; his kingdom has come. (Part 6)”

The Lord is here; his kingdom has come Part 5: The centrality of accepting that Jesus is Lord The Holy Spirit is almost a complete mystery! I find it almost comical to think that after being a Christian for 50 years I have almost no understanding of God. However, I take comfort in the thoughtContinue reading “The Lord is here; his kingdom has come. (Part 5)”

The Lord is here; his kingdom has come Part 4: Our personal experience of what it means to experience God’s presence can be very distinctive Let us try now to home in more closely on this experience that “the Lord is here”. I will be considering this within my understanding of Christianity, though I don’tContinue reading “The Lord is here; his kingdom has come. (Part 4)”

The Lord is here; his kingdom has come Part 3: Our experience of the sacred Crucial aspects of being human show us to be intrinsically religious. We just do have the ability to be aware of the sacred. We have a deep desire to make contact with the sacred – to feel that, within thisContinue reading “The Lord is here; his kingdom has come. (Part 3)”