by Anne Hamilton | Dec 12, 2024 | Covenant, David, faithline, mantle
When I was first examining the poetic structure of John’s gospel and realised it is designed to reveal the passing on of different mantles to the followers of Jesus, I was startled. With each subsequent revelation, I felt I should be less surprised—but instead I was...
by Anne Hamilton | Nov 21, 2024 | Covenant, David, faithline, mantle, repentance
Remember that eulogy David proclaimed over himself before he died? Theologically suspect—because it ignored divine grace and basically says God rewarded him for being righteous. We should know better than to trust any eulogy to give us a full picture of a person’s...
by Anne Hamilton | Nov 8, 2024 | Covenant, David, faithline, mantle, repentance
In the reports of spiritual and sexual abuse that occur with monotonous weekly regularity, there’s a disturbing recurrent trend. Leaders, so it’s far too often said, should be forgiven and swiftly restored to a public preaching and pastoral role—because King David...
by Anne Hamilton | Sep 27, 2024 | faithline, mantle, Moses, Nicodemus, Testing
When I initially realised that the first and last chapters of John’s gospel are about the passing of Elijah’s mantle, I was surprised and delighted. When I later realised that the second and second-last chapters were about the passing of Joseph’s mantle, I was...
by Anne Hamilton | Jul 22, 2024 | faithline, Joseph, mantle
Joseph always had dreams of having power over others. He dreamed of his sheaf of grain standing upright in the field while the sheaves of his brothers came to bow down to it. And then, to make matters worse, he dreamed that eleven stars, as well as the sun and the...
