| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 47 secs | 0 Comments
Bread The feeding of the 5,000 is the only miracle recorded in all four Gospels (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-13). After yesterday’s confrontation, Jesus went away with the disciples. That wasn’t out of fear of the Pharisees or Romans. They had been busy. Mark 6:31 tells us “many [people] were coming and […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 47 secs | 0 Comments
Four witnesses Jesus is defending his claim to be the Son of God against religious leaders who think they know the Scriptures well, v. 39, but in reality don’t. The claim to be the Son of God is a big one and needs to be proved. People make all sorts of claims but that doesn’t […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 47 secs | 0 Comments
New covenant, new Father Yesterday we saw how the new covenant means different identity markers for who is part of the people of God. The new ‘people of God’ is made up of Spirit filled people. More than that we have been adopted into God’s family. Our identity is no longer orphans or slaves. We […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 58 secs | 0 Comments
Get out of that box! There are not many things worse than being put in a box you can’t get out of. “You always…”, “She’s blond…”, “You are too disorganised to lead a church.” The last one was said to me by an elder in the first church I was on staff at. Once we […]
| By Andy Moyle | 4 mins 7 secs | 0 Comments
From a sinner to a saint Yesterday, we left the conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman, just as Jesus had made the most astounding revelation to her – that he was the Messiah! It’s so difficult to contemplate this scene with anything other than complete awe! Imagine being the woman, going about her daily […]
| By Andy Moyle | 10 mins 12 secs | 0 Comments
A life beyond our circumstances The woman at the well is one of my favourite stories in the Bible! It is such a dramatic account of redemption and transformation! It is like a beautifully choreographed play where the scene is set with Jesus taking His place centre stage, waiting at the well for the woman […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 37 secs | 0 Comments
He must increase Both Jesus and John the Baptist are preaching, inviting and getting response, and baptising people. Baptism by full immersion in water is a fitting response to the radical life change involved in turning to Jesus. Not surprisingly though, controversy arises between the two sets of followers. That often happens where the followers […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 42 secs | 0 Comments
You must be born again I love a sign, especially if it makes you wonder. At the end of John 2, Jesus exposes the, often, inadequacy of faith based simply on a sign. So Nicodemus, who represents those whose “faith” is based on a sign, comes in the dead of night to ask Jesus some […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 34 secs | 0 Comments
Water into wine John describes the first week of Jesus’ public ministry in detail – we have seen Him described as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, the calling of his first disciples and today, the third day, we will see His first sign and first altercation with the […]