| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 40 secs | 0 Comments
Is the Gospel of John Anti-Semitic The Gospels are filled with Jesus’ battle of words and deeds with Jewish leaders. Liberal commentators argue that today’s reading is the climax of antisemitism and must have been written later when battles between Jews and Christians were hotter and the gospel was edited to demonise Jews in general. […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 41 secs | 0 Comments
Light of the world Jesus – the light of the world, is a great comfort in the midst of darkness. It is, as John Piper puts it, “the soft glow in a lonely room when we are bearing devastating loss”. His sweet light and presence carries us through the darkest of times. His light also […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 26 secs | 0 Comments
“Did God really say…?” – Satan, the serpent. Genesis 3:1 You’ll notice that a good chunk of today’s passage is encased in brackets. The accompanying note tells us that “the earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53 – 8:11”. Now, I’m the sort of person who likes to have things laid out clearly. If we’re going […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 32 secs | 0 Comments
Rivers of living water The Festival of Booths was the 7th annual Jewish festival, where thousands would go to Jerusalem to live in shelters or booths and worship. It was a reminder to the Jews that God had delivered them from slavery in Egypt and taken them through the wilderness to the promised land. At […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 37 secs | 0 Comments
God is large and in charge Chapter 6 begins with 5,000 followers and ends with 11. As once commentator put it, “chapter six ends on a note of failure”. Resistance to Jesus is getting stronger and stronger until almost everyone abandons Him. What this chapter does is help us gain a robust understanding that God […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 52 secs | 0 Comments
Bread 2.0 A 2014 survey of American churchgoers threw up some disturbing statistics among twenties (I’m sure churchgoers in the UK are similar): 65% believe you will go to heaven if you are a good person; Only 58% believe premarital sex is wrong; Only 49% believe abortion should be illegal in most instances. The people […]
| 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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]