God talk

This Week we have two English Theologians namely Colin Gunton commenting on Karl Barth (my tutor in the final year at King’s College London and William Tyndale who was martyred for his faith (16 th Century)  William Tyndale(from wikipedia)   We sometimes take our freedoms for granted.   William Tyndale (the Martyr) reminds us that some freedoms such as reading Scripture is worth dying for.   At the end of this blog, I give his view on Matthew 7 verses 1-6.    Later on, we will also be looking at Matthew 7:1-6 and we will be considering what our Lord Jesus said about judging others (especially within the Christian community.) What is judgment? There are many definitions in the English language: ‘The ability to judge, make a decision, or form an opinion objectively, authoritatively, and wisely, especially in matters affecting action; good sense; discretion’ (From; dictionary.com/browse/judgement) Actually, there are many definitions for judging and this one was the second meani

   This Week we are looking at the topic of worrying as found in the Sermon on the Mount. http://weaver1hasonline.international Or your can read it here unedited:   Worrying its definition: ‘to think about problems or unpleasant things that might happen in a way that makes you feel unhappy and frightened’ (From;      dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/worry)   Worrying its roots in old English, German, Dutch and Old Norse. In Old English it has the basic idea of ‘strangle’: c. 1300, wirien, "to slay, kill or injure by biting and shaking the throat" (as a dog or wolf does), from Old English wyrgan "to strangle," from Proto-Germanic *wurgjan (source also of Middle Dutch worghen, Dutch worgen, Old High German wurgen, German würgen "to strangle," Old Norse virgill "rope"), from *wergh-, from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend." (From; etymonline.com/word/worry) Whatever way we look at this word ‘to worry’, its conn