Jesus – the Bread of Life – John 6:56-69
What’s the meaning of Jesus’ strange teaching about eating his flesh and drinking his blood in John chapter 6? Is it just “take communion” or is there even more to it?
What’s the meaning of Jesus’ strange teaching about eating his flesh and drinking his blood in John chapter 6? Is it just “take communion” or is there even more to it?
Jesus calls us into life in all its fullness, a life of purpose and adventure. So where does it go wrong? What gets in the way? What prevents us from experiencing the full life Jesus promises?
Jesus said, “I have come that you may have life and have it to the full.” What does life in all its fullness look like for Christians in lockdown today?
How do we navigate this new reality of the Covid-19 lockdown, when all those things that seemed so important, have vanished right into the air? What does God thing of Covid-19, and what might he want us to be learning through it?
What’s the biggest problem you have in life? What’s the thing that if you could fix it would solve everything else? What if the reason you’re struggling so much is that your biggest problem isn’t what you think it is?
What would it be like to spend a day with Jesus? The first chapter of Mark’s gospel ends with what I think of “as a typical day in the life” of the Lord. What can we learn from it?
Leaving the past behind is never easy. The consequences of a lie told. The harm caused by an act of violence. The disappointment of a promise broken. We all have mistakes and failures in our pasts. Yet the staggering claim Jesus is making all through Mark’s gospel is that he can wipe our past clean and give us a new beginning in life.
Preached at the Palm Sunday benefice service, St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Upton upon Severn, 14 April 2019 28 After Jesus had said this, he …
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