Celtic Odyssey

  Table of Contents Part 1 — Eschatological Framework Part 2 — Status of Old Covenant Age in the New Testament Part 3 — Jesus’ Location as High Priest and its Importance Part 4 — New Testament Warnings Part 5 — Hebrews 10 and Conclusion

Happy Peterson System Pipe Day! Today marks the anniversary of Charles Peterson’s famous System Pipe! It was 124 years ago that Charles Peterson received the final patent of his System Pipe, the “P-Lip” or “Peterson-Lip” mouthpiece. The P-Lip has a graduated bore that runs from roughly 5mm at the tenon and 1.5mm at the P-Lip button, which has a hole at the top of the button instead of a flat, “fish tale” button. Here’s a very brief history of Peterson’s System Pipes from Peterson’s website: In 1890, after 15 years of handling and repairing pipes while working for the Kapp [brothers], Charles Peterson secured a patent in his own name, titled “A certain new and useful improvement in Tobacco-Pipes,” which introduced a unique system comprised of a higher draft hole and a moisture reservoir bored into the shank and transition of a briar pipe. Over the next eight years, Charles continued to refine his System, applying for and securing patents for a graduated bore mouthpiece (1891), and a u

  On Sunday, 07 August, I spoke at Morning Star Center for Spiritual Living . Here’s a link to the service . My talk starts at roughly the 26 minute mark and lasts about 20 minutes. Below is the transcript of my talk.                                     Thank you, Sara, for inviting me back to speak today. And thank you all for having me.  I’d like to start today by quoting from the singer / songwriter (and I would contend part-time prophet), Trevor Hall . Trevor ends his song, Different Hunger , with these words —  … Be humbler than a blade of grass Be patient and forgiving like a tree …  The time has come to speak of this love Speak of this love, speak of this love. [1] And that’s what I’m going to do today — “speak of this love.” And the Love I want to talk about is God’s Love. So what is God’s Love and how do we experience it? My wife and I have finished reading Mary Magdalene Revealed by Meggan Watterson. In it, Watterson explores the Gospel of Mary Magdalene and weaves throughou

  Some of us from the Lindisfarne Community have decided to follow a reading plan that allows one to read through the entire Bible in a year (it’s been several years since I’ve done that). I’ll be posting my thoughts here in a series the label #BibleReadThroughThoughts. I hope you will join us! The link for the plan we’re using is here . It defaults to the New Revised Standard Version but you can change the translation by clicking the wee down arrow to the right of the Bible translation. For my readings, I’ve chosen the Septuagint (LXX) 2012 version for the Old Testament readings and the Common English Bible for the New Testament.                                     07 January 2022 —  Old Testament Genesis 18.10 (LXX2012): [1] And he said, I will return and come to you according to this period seasonably, and Sarrha your wife shall have a son; and Sarrha heard at the door of the tent, being behind him. I’ve used this passage to help explain that the coming of God doesn’t necessarily

Some of us from the Lindisfarne Community have decided to follow a reading plan that allows one to read through the entire Bible in a year (it’s been several years since I’ve done that). I’ll be posting my thoughts here in a series the label #BibleReadThroughThoughts. I hope you will join us! The link for the plan we’re using is here . It defaults to the New Revised Standard Version but you can change the translation by clicking the wee down arrow to the right of the Bible translation. For my readings, I’ve chosen the Septuagint (LXX) 2012 version for the Old Testament readings and the Common English Bible for the New Testament.                                     03 January 2022 —  Old Testament Genesis 7.2-3 (LXX2012): [1] And of the clean cattle take into you sevens, male and female, and of the unclean cattle pairs male and female. 3 And of clean flying creatures of the sky sevens, male and female, and of all unclean flying creatures pairs, male and female, to maintain seed on al