Monthly Archive: April 2011

To quote the Beatles: "La, La, La, La... life goes on"

I thought I'd check if anything momentous has happened in the world? Anything I ought to celebrate, perhaps? Today's headlines are:

Meanwhile, in other stories: Grave robbers never found, Roman guard sacked for falling asleep on duty, Jesus seen alive, Death defeated, Harmony between God and people, There's hope for us all.

To quote John Stainer, himself (correctly) quoting Lamentations 3: "Is it nothing to you, all you that pass by?"

Happy Easter Everyone!

After a tip-off from Steve Jeffery, I really enjoyed reading Toby Sumpter's Good Friday sermon from last year.

It's entitled My Song is Love Unknown.

I tried to think how to sum it up to encourage you all to go and read it, but I can't. I simply commend it to you.

I think I've finally worked out what is going on in Ruth 4. I'll make a note here as a place where I can come and find this again when I need it. Do comment below if I've missed something.

There are 3 Old Testament laws in play here.

Leviticus 25:23-28 says that, because all the land is really God's, should someone sell part of their land to alleviate their poverty, the buyer cannot regard it as theirs absolutely. A relative of the person they bought it from must be allowed to redeem, or buy back, that land, and the price for that is to be calculated fairly.