| By Andy Moyle | 7 mins 52 secs | 0 Comments
The Holy Spirit and the birth of Christ The birth of Jesus Christ sees a bursting forth of Holy Spirit activity. In the Old Testament just 150 people over some 2,000 years had been filled with the Spirit, usually for a special task. Suddenly we see 7 filled with Spirit in a short space of […]
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Mark maybe the shortest Gospel with only 16 chapters, but some like todays are long and power packed! The Parable of the tenants The story of the vineyard and its’ tenants is the story of Israel over the previous 1500 years. The vineyard is the land of Israel they were given, which had a hedge […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 45 secs | One Comment
One of the things I learnt when I moved to King’s Lynn is that it always snows during the Mart. And so it has for a good few years, but not this year! That will be a relief for flooded Britain! My wife assures me that “rain before seven, dry by eleven.” That’s not been […]
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Feeding of the four thousand This isn’t an editorial mistake, Jesus feeds a big, big crowd for the second time! Jesus is filled with compassion. Most were following just out of idle curiosity, but Jesus loves the faithless and the graceless. He doesn’t just feed them, He will die for them too. With Jesus, nothing […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 2 secs | 0 Comments
The issue of demonisation can be a thorny one. Hollywood movies don’t particularly help either. In Mark 5 Jesus casts out a Legion of demons from a man in a Gentile area into a herd of two thousand pigs who drown themselves! It’s pretty plain – the man was oppressed badly by evil spirits and […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 17 secs | 0 Comments
Mark is to the point, simple, pithy and condensed. It’s the shortest Gospel and starts at the start of Jesus’ ministry. The first sentence declares Jesus “Son of God” – to Jews that’s an assertion He is God. That’s what we needed a saviour who is God! The next sentence shows us that Jesus fulfils […]
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I’m in Thailand, speaking at a conference, so these posts are short! Matthew 28 Jesus rises again – death can’t hold him back, sin is defeated, the principalities and powers are disarmed! The two Mary’s find out first, followed by the 11. The chief priest quickly hatch the “first resurrection didn’t happen” plan – pay […]
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I’m in Thailand, speaking at a conference, so these posts are short! Matthew 27 Judas feels remorse for betraying Jesus. Remorse was not conviction leading to repentance and restoration. Here it is worldly sorrow, about which nothing can be done, so the shame of what he did led to his suicide. Jesus is brought before […]
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I’m in Thailand, speaking at a conference, so these posts are short! Matthew 26 Events are leading towards Christ’s crucifixion. On the way to the Passover Jesus and the disciples stop at Bethany, where a woman pours very expensive perfume on Jesus as an act of worship actually to prepare him for burial. Judas then […]