Another hot day ahead. A pleasant enough ride to Haire Drive. #cycling #Narrabri

In Christianity the principle is that all sit equally at the same table. The modern goal is for all to climb equally high up their own ladders.  Glen Scrivener

Nice ride to Haire Drive. It’s a cool sunny day that is expected to turn hot later. #cycling #Narrabri

The Scriptures taught that God lifts up the lowly while bringing down princes from their thrones. But that is the difference between communism and Christianity: in the Bible, God is the equaliser. If humans take that role into their own hands, bloody revolution is usually the result. The death toll of the 20th century has borne that out. The problem with “power to the people” is… people. Glen Scrivener

Much as I would have liked to visit the Australia Telescope, there was no time today. 😀 #cycling #Narrabri

When the truth of Christ is brought to bear, the powerful are brought down and the humble lifted up.  Glen Scrivener

A beautiful morning for #cycling in #narrabri today. I took a shorter route than usual because I forgot to go down to the Riverbend estate. This is the Uniting Church, built in 1970 after a drunk set fire to the old Methodist Church.

Baptism (the ritual washing which marks membership of the church) and the Lord’s Supper (the commemorative meal of bread and wine) were offered to everyone in the church of Christ, slaves included. Therefore, it became impossible, theologically, to deny the full personhood of those who were members of the same spiritual community. Laws began to be enacted which forbade the enslavement of fellow “brothers and sisters”, and increasingly the equality of the spiritual community began to be reflected in the political realm too. Before we ever got to the Renaissance, slavery had melted away in much of Europe: another bright development in that “dark” medieval age. Glen Scrivener

Nowadays, it’s obvious that science is our guide. And not just science: the science. We have the sense that there is a unified thing called “the science” which shines its light, which commands our allegiance, and which will deliver us from evil. And what do you notice about this description? It sounds suspiciously like the traditional role for God. Glen Scrivener

An overnight thunderstorm dumped 22 mm of rain in about half an hour last night. The clouds are still hanging around but no rain while I was riding. ☁️🚲😁 #cycling #Narrabri