John Davies - Notes From a Small Vicar

Never let a man arrange a wedding?

It's less about Don't Tell the Bride and more about trusting the Son of the Father. My talk today, Never let a man arrange a wedding?

 

Imitation of violence - imitation of Christ

'A landowner planted a vineyard ... put a fence around it and built a watchtower.' Why the need for security? Watching the class enemy as an alternative to looking out for the Father. Imitation of violence - imitation of Christ: my talk today.

Without fear and trembling

'Work out your salvation with fear and trembling' - in a heightened state of anxiety? in a condition of nervousness? surely not?

.. So part of working out our salvation should involve reading the old Bible translations alongside the new, more scholarly, versions, and letting the truth emerge. Isaiah the prophet spoke for God when he wrote: '...this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and THEIR FEAR TOWARD ME IS TAUGHT BY THE PRECEPT OF MEN.' (Isaiah 29:13) Working out our salvation might involve unlearning the fear towards God which men have previously taught us. 

- from my talk today, Without fear and trembling.