| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 54 secs | 0 Comments
The sequence Sadducees and resurrection Stained glass windows in church buildings often show a sequence of events in the life of Jesus. These debates with religious leaders in the last few days of readings paint a picture of the sequence of Jesus’ life and death for us. First there was the question of authority raised […]
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Oh Jerusalem! The triumphal entry is about the people’s continued expectation of Jesus to be an earthly Messiah overthrowing the state and bringing a glorious new age. Jesus allows them their praise – He is after all God! As we continue we see, as we have seen leading up to today’s reading, that Jesus is […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 51 secs | 0 Comments
The crowds still think Jesus has come to overthrow the Roman occupation of the Jews. That’s why they supposed the kingdom would appear immediately. The Kingdom of God is not an earthly kingdom at all, it’s God’s benevolent reign rather than realm. It began with the first coming of Christ, is ever increasing and will […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 39 secs | 0 Comments
The shout that stopped God Luke wrote his Gospel around AD90 to established churches to help them stay certain of their faith in difficult times. He has done his research and ordered his material to take us on a journey of Jesus’ earthly life, heading towards Jerusalem: to the cross and resurrection. This first paragraph […]
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Wrapping up the end times Jesus wraps up his teaching on the end times with the question “When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?” Will His warnings go heeded? Will the disciples endure? Will Jesus find them, and us, trusting Him as Saviour or living with the world’s values? In […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 29 secs | 0 Comments
It’s not about the rapture “It’s not about the rapture” may well be a provocative title to suck you in! Fasten your seat-belts and let’s get stuck in. Healing of the ten lepers Firstly Jesus heals 10 lepers as he travels through the mixed Jewish and Gentile area between Samaria and Galilee. Only one of […]
| By Andy Moyle | 4 mins 1 sec | 0 Comments
Radical following It’s a strange parable this one. We are commanded not to talk to the dead (so stop going to spiritualists) and yet this parable has dead people in hell talking to dead people in heaven! It’s a parable. A story to help us grasp some truth and to confront the religious leaders who […]
| By Andy Moyle | 4 mins 42 secs | 0 Comments
Financial planning for Eternity The parable of the dishonest manager (in some bibles translated as the ‘shrewd’ manager) follows on from the parable of the prodigal son and is another example of someone who lives a reckless life, but who ultimately turns his attention to securing his future. The prodigal son returns home; the reckless […]
| By Andy Moyle | 5 mins 47 secs | 0 Comments
Our wonderful God The Pharisees and scribes are complaining at Jesus – just for a change! – at the fact that He is hanging out with tax collectors and sinners. He has time and time again talked about the gulf between doing religious acts for the sake of looking good, of making oneself ‘holy’ by […]