Tag Archives: New Testament

Not Only A Father #4: Speaking the Unspeakable [Guest]

A warm welcome back to Dr Tim Bulkeley who is posting this series based on his book,Ā Not Only A Father, looking at gendered language for God. For more on Tim’s background, seeĀ the first post. Speaking the unspeakable: mother-language before the reformation People I talk with about using motherly language and pictures to talk about God […]

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Not only a father, gender and the Bible, Dr Tim Bulkeley | Sacraparental.com

Not Only a Father #2: God as Mother in the Bible

A warm welcome back to Dr Tim Bulkeley who is posting this series based on his book, Not Only A Father, looking at gendered language for God. For more on Tim’s background, see the first post. In the previous post I started with an assumption: …[t]he One True God is beyond human understanding. God is […]

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A Generous Lent, Act 13: Share the Bible

It took me some courage to decide to blog on this activity from theĀ 40 acts of generosityĀ Lent challenge. Is there any book in the world that provokes such diverse and heated reactions as the Bible? Among Christians there is an enormous range of responses, from obedience to respect to frustration. Fans of the English language […]

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Rachel Hunter Theology

Oops. I bought shampoo and conditioner today. Normally it’s an oops if I forget to get more in time – frequently – and spend a few days eking out a dwindling supply, only ever remembering the need to restock when I’m actually in the shower. But it’s oops today because I have beenĀ meaning andĀ meaningĀ andĀ meaningĀ to begin […]

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