Created

'Let every created thing give praise to the LORD,
for he issued his command, and they came into being.' Psalm 148:5

Beyond comprehension

'How great is our Lord! His power is absolute!
His understanding is beyond comprehension. ' Psalm 147:5

Do you know how your eyes work?

Festival

'..even now in your holy festivals, aren't you eating and drinking just to please yourselves?' Zechariah 7:6

I love Christmas: the food, the music, the lights- everything. But we have sentimentalized it rather a lot. Just what is romantic about a homeless woman going into labour in a stinking cowshed? I wouldn`t wish it on my worst enemy. But that is the true magic of the Incarnation: despite the shit, God is here, among us.

Complex

'Thankyou for making me so wonderfully complex' Psalm 139:14

If a skilled surgeon sews a man`s hand back on after a horrible accident, he is hailed as a miracle worker. What about the God who put it there in the first place? Can a robot expert from Harvard, Oxford or Todai create a robot that breeds other, equally complex robots? I think not.

Do you have kids?

City

'Shouldn`t I feel sorry for such a great city?' Jonah 4:11

Christmas in Japan has some spectacular displays but tends to be secular, and the baby Jesus tends to get left out. Although I am hamstrung by my lack of language ability and my sinful life, I do hope and pray the many people of Fukuoka will one day understand the full beauty and joy of Christmas, regardless of the failures of people like me to truly live it out.

America bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima, then sent missionaries after the war to tell people about Jesus. Let me say this: GOD IS NOT AMERICAN. JESUS IS NOT WHITE!

Jesus was born to a Jewish girl, from a small town in the Middle East. But He speaks every language perfectly, including Japanese. He is the only person ever to truly totally understand what it is really like to be you. And He loves everyone. Please remember that.

Fear

'Fearing people is a dangerous trap' Proverbs 29:25

Britain seems poised to choose political correctness over free speech under the Tory/Lib coalition.

As far as Islam is concerned, the time is long since overdue when the political classes called a spade a bloody shovel.

Satan

'those who belong to Satan' Revelation 3:9

The devil is a coward. Instead of a fair fight- on the facts of Jesus`s birth, death and resurrection- a fight he can`t win- he goes after my family.

Judgement

'Prepare to meet your God in judgement.' Amos 4:12

If you get run over by a bus tomorrow are you going up or down?

God have mercy upon us.

Winter

'winter mansions' Amos 3:15

It`s that time of year again- if I had never known about central heating I guess I wouldn`t miss it.

Break

'they break through defences..' Joel 2:8

PC problems again. God knows who or what is causing it.

Progress?

'You have made no progress whatsoever.' Hosea 10:9

We have sent ships into space, yet we have failed to tame the human heart.

Away

'keep away from anything that might take God`s place in your hearts' 1 John 5:21

How much sport is too much? It was a Catholic that taught Babe Ruth to bat, and clearly there are no 'thou shalt not support Arsenal's in the Bible- tho' in much of East London where I'm from the Antichrist is probably looked upon with more favour than a Gunners fan.

St Paul mentions sport, but only in passing to make points about morality.

I seem a bit too obsessed lately... so a guilty conscience is not a good sign. But compared to swearing at the wife, it seems fairly harmless...

Intrigue

'flattery and intrigue...' Daniel 11:21

I don`t know how FIFA makes its decisions but I for one, unlike many of my countrymen it seems, am happy that Russia got the World Cup. It`s never had one, I hope it is a great success.

Disappearing

'the darkness is disappearing, and the true light is already shining.'
1 John 2:8

It is easy to get down this time of year, with short days and cold weather. But the shortest day is nearly upon us. Spring will come. Although today`s headlines are filled with horrible things, it won`t always be like this.