| 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 […]
| 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 […]