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Alan Collins wrote a new blog post: Gods last words to mankind 2 years, 10 months ago · View
Reading the last entry in our series for essential 100, Revelation 21-22 I was struck how like every great story the ending was connected back up with the start. Just read about the Tree of life in Genesis 2 before reading the last chapter of the last book. There are many similarities between the New [...]
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post Conversion? 2 years, 11 months ago · View
Acts 1:6-7 tells us that the disciples were still confused about the purpose of Jesus’ ministry even when He was about to ascend.They still thought of him as a political messiah, or at least in part. We can read in the other Gospels how the disciples were gobsmacked when Jesus appeared to them in person [...]
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post Sword Drill 2 years, 11 months ago · View
I don’t think you can rule out the idea that the sword being referred to is the Holy Spirit simply because Ephesians 6 hadn’t been written yet. Remember that the word of the Lord is eternal and that God is unchanging. I am certain that God had not willed Peter to cut off the servants [...]
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post The Glory of God 2 years, 11 months ago · View
I am talking about revelations about who God is. Paul once wrote “Oh that I might know Him!…” The funny thing is Paul had been a believer for at least twenty years by this stage. It seems that our whole lives can be used to get to know God more and more as He is [...]
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Alan Collins wrote a new blog post: Sword Drill 2 years, 11 months ago · View
Reading this passage I found myself asking why would Jesus command His disciples around the passover table to sell their cloaks and buy swords? The disciples seem to take it quite literrally saying that they had two swords already. Perhaps they thought this was the time when they were going to lead a rebellion against [...]
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Alan Collins wrote a new blog post: The Glory of God 2 years, 11 months ago · View
I was struck when reading this story about Lazurus. Jesus said that Lazarus has died so that God could be glorified. What does it mean to glorify God? its a saying we use a lot in Church. I have been realising lately that the Gospel of John paints a picture that the glory of God [...]
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Alan Collins wrote a new blog post: St Francis 3 years ago · View
“Preach the Gospel, and if necessary use words.” St Francis. This was in the Essential 100 devotional for this week. I really have a problem with this cute saying that is commonly flung around our churches today like a frisbee. I don’t think it stacks up biblically (“Preach the Gospel, and don’t let your lifestyle contradict [...]
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post Genocide in the OT 3 years, 1 month ago · View
Rahab is listed amongst the heroes of the faith in Hebrews 11 and again in James. I would argue that Joshua 2:8-13 which has Rahabs appeal shows that she truly did have faith in the Lord, and that she was willing to change sides as you put it, and how Ruth put it when she [...]
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post Genocide in the OT 3 years, 2 months ago · View
I disagree with the idea that seems to be brewing in this post that God granted salvation on a collective body then, while today he grants it on an individual basis. Romans says that God does not wish for any of us to perish. It also says that whoever believes that the Christ was raised [...]
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post Genocide in the OT 3 years, 2 months ago · View
I would have to go against a lot of the thoughts here. I do not believe the Jerico Genocide, or the slaying of the 3000 disobedient levites were sins. Sin is when we go against the will of God. God commanded this to take place. Anna, I believe there is a difference between murder and [...]
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post Genocide in the OT 3 years, 2 months ago · View
I would have to go against a lot of the thoughts here. I do not believe the Jerico Genocide, or the slaying of the 3000 disobedient levites were sins. Sin is when we go against the will of God. God commanded this to take place. Anna, I believe there is a difference between murder and [...]
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Alan Collins wrote a new blog post: SEX! 3 years, 2 months ago · View
Now that I’ve got your attention…I realise im probably ahead of everyone else in this reading. But this was to exciting to wait. I read earlier in Genesis 38 the story of Judah and Tamar. Tamar was Judahs daughter in law whose husband died before she conceived. To carry on the brothers lineage, Judah instructed his [...]
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post Action 3 years, 2 months ago · View
The pentatuech in the order of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy were passed on to Moses in tablet form at Mt Sinai. The Torah has always been presented in this order. The need to establish God as being creator and owner of life is essential before he can be accepted as Lord and master. The [...]
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post The older will serve the younger . . . 3 years, 2 months ago · View
see 2 Kings chapters 6 and 7 for Samaria story
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post The older will serve the younger . . . 3 years, 3 months ago · View
This is a really good point. So often in the Bible God chooses to use the most unqualified unlikely people to carry out a service to Himself. He chose a man with a speech impediment to be his voice in front of Pharoah. He chose a cowardly wheat thresher to lead Israel’s army against the [...]
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post Good little Joseph 3 years, 3 months ago · View
There is definitely a feeling of superiority that Joseph emits in this chapter. How do we know the dream was a revelation from God though? Its clear that from scripture that not all dreams are from God. Just read about the false prophets in Jeremiah. I understand though that there are no statutes concerning when [...]
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post Lies, doubt and power 3 years, 3 months ago · View
But someone was punished for what happened to Sarai. His name was Jesus.
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post I never liked Esau anyway 3 years, 3 months ago · View
So often though in the Bible Gods will comes about because of peoples sins. Lets take one example. Judas Iscariot sinned by betraying Jesus. This led to Jesus being crucified. However this was all part of God’s plan to bring salvation to mankind. We’re left with two options then. 1) Judas was actually the most [...]
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Alan Collins commented on the blog post Our Little Motives 3 years, 3 months ago · View
quite right it was Simeon. Thank you.
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Alan Collins wrote a new blog post: Fat Eli 3 years, 3 months ago · View
I really enjoyed John’s narration of 1 Samual 4 yesterday evening. Its a chapter that has challenged me in the past to worship God alone and not any arks of covenants or modes or means of worship (ie the church, evangelism, Christian service, good deeds. etc) We are called to put our faith in God [...]
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