Comments for Land's End to John O'Groats

Comment on PHOTOS! by Chloe

Chloe — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:52:03 +0000

Hiya!

No cell I don’t think as hannah is in Taiwan and Pete and Linz are at Soul Survivor. But we can do our own thing, would be really great to see you.

You only just wrote this message, I know because i was checking ym email and every time the page refreshed I had a email telling me you’d posted a comment on something! (And your message is time-stamped!)

Comment on PHOTOS! by Jenny Sisley

Jenny Sisley — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:41:33 +0000

I love Scotland. I envy you greatly. I’m in Bristol for a night next week… we’ll have to meet up and say hello! Actually - thinking as I write here - its a Thursday night so you may well be at cell group… in fact if I make it to Bristol early enough (debatable) then I might be at cell group too.. if there is a cell group next week of course. I’ll stop rambling. Love Jen

Comment on The end of the road by Jenny Sisley

Jenny Sisley — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:26:26 +0000

Well done. I can imagine it will be very surreal to be there after aiming for it for so long… Sounds like you had an amazing trip though and saw lots of great sights (even if you couldn’t see much in the last bit)!

Comment on The end of the road by Dayds

Dayds — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:46:31 +0000

Well done dears!

Comment on Bristolians by IanW

IanW — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:35:20 +0000

Forewarned is forearmed!

Comment on Lochs and Mountains by ann

ann — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:40:36 +0000

Glad you had an encouraging time with the Church at Falkirk. I’m sure your prayers for the country are not in vain.
Family news: Lisa is recovering well and is now on holiday in France with the family. If you want to see some pictures you can go to Linda’s Facebook.
Sounds like your gentle walk yesterday was good fun!
How did your foot cope Chloe? Is climbing easier for your foot than your knees?
You can always do part of Ben Nevis by cable car…(we did!)

lots of love

Comment on Bristolians by chloe

chloe — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:35:23 +0000

Thanks Ian,

That is helpful.

We may need to spend an evening going through all the bits we have read this summer that we didn’t really understand…

Lucky you.

Comment on Bristolians by IanW

IanW — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:18:57 +0000

I think I need to refer you again to 2 Peter 3:16! From what Peter says it was his experience then, as it is ours now, that some people build wild theories on the minute details of passages that are somewhat obscure.

All the same, one can get some idea what Paul is saying in 2 Thess 2. (Looking only at verses 1-12, as from 13 onwards it seems straightforward.)

- He expects the Lord to come.
- He expects the time until the Lord comes to be marked by opposition and lawlessness.
- This is not just due to human perversity - Satan is behind it.
- Those who oppose the gospel are in fact subject to spiritual deception.
- The Lord Jesus will eventually triumph.

Some of the rather cryptic stuff may have made more sense to the original recipients of the letter. He says in v.5 that he is recapping what he told them when he was with them.

I think it’s wise to follow John Wimber’s advice and stick to what he used to call “the main and the plain” - that is, there is enough to be getting on with in applying to our lifes the mainstream understandable themes of scripture.

Comment on Bristolians by chloe

chloe — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:44:24 +0000

Thanks Ian… I actually meant neither if those things and meant the whole if 2 Thessalonians 2! All the stuff about the lawless man and the end times. Who is this man and how come he can do miracles and signs etc. The whole chapter was pretty much lost on us!

Comment on Bristolians by IanW

IanW — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:44:12 +0000

I’m glad you are enjoying the NT, and I look forward to visiting the Banks clan lands sometime. Do I need a visa?

You don’t say whether you want someone to explain 1 Thess 2:2 or 2 Thess 2:2. However

- 1 Thess 2:2 means, I think, that after they had a rough reception preaching the gospel in Philippi, they still found the courage to try again in Thessalonika, which they attributed to the help of God.

- 2 Thess 2:2 means, I think, that there were oddballs and weirdos in the first century just as there are now. Some of these might think that the “day of the Lord” had already come, that is that Jesus had already returned. Or they might just be saying it to stir up trouble. They might disseminate this view in letters or messages purportedly from Paul, or claiming that he agreed with their view. I imagine that what Paul says here reflects some bizarre theory that was then current. Paul, however, gets his retaliation in first by saying the if they ever do get such stuff, they are to ignore it, because he would never advance or endorse such a claim. He then goes on to explain some of his understanding of what the coming of the “day of the Lord” entails. I’m glad you didn’t ask about verse 3, because I have no idea what it means (though perhaps you intended to?). He seems to think it explains things, and probably helps account for Peter’s view that there are some things in Paul’s letters that are hard to understand.