by Andy Roland | Feb 21, 2022 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus
INTRODUCTION On September 24th 2020 I started writing my historical novel ‘Jesus the Troublemaker’ and published it a year ago. It did not make my fortune! However, I learnt more about Jesus during Holy Week through writing a fictional account than I had...
by Andy Roland | Jan 12, 2022 | Bible, Christmas, Jesus, Religion
Do all Christians believe in the Virgin Birth? Probably not. How many Christians do believe that Jesus born of Mary while she was still a virgin? In a real biological miracle? Apparently 80% of Christians in the West do so. But 20% do not. ...
by Andy Roland | Jun 19, 2021 | Prayer, Religion, Trinity
THE TRINITY IN PRACTICE INTRODUCTION Last week I explained how the word ‘Trinity’ came to be coined and its fundamental meaning – three dimensions of God rather than three persons, which in modern English means something very different from the original...
by Andy Roland | Jun 10, 2021 | Religion, Trinity
Here are some thoughts I have about what western Christians think is a great problem, and eastern Christians take as a fundamental truth. Eastern Christians There is a great little book called “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware, explaining simply how Orthodox...
by Andy Roland | May 13, 2021 | Ascension Day, Bible, Jesus
WHEN, WHERE AND WHY DID THE ASCENSION HAPPEN? View of the Mount of Olives from the Old City THE EVIDENCE At first there seems to be no problem about the Ascension – when Jesus left the earth and went into heaven (or the sky – the Greek means both). ...
by Andy Roland | Mar 6, 2021 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus
Between now and Easter (4th April) I will be writing a series of weekly blogs on Jesus’ last eight days as he travels from Jericho, to the Temple in Jerusalem, through his confrontations with the authorities and his arrest and death, up to the resurrection. It...
