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?
Humbug hampers hope – John 14:15-21
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?
Life in all its fullness – John 10:1-10 – 3 May 2020
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?
I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want, Matthew 21:1-17, Palm Sunday 2020
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, ‘Go to the village ahead of you, …
All them things that seemed so important – John 11:1-45
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?
Dealing with the biggest problem of all – Mark 2:1-12
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?
A Day In the Life – Mark 1:35-45
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?
Revelation 2:12 to 17: The Pride, the Pressure and the Promise
A couple of days ago I heard a really inspiring story of how God provides for his people. It came from Mizoram, one of the poorest regions of India, a place where God is growing his church remarkably through an idea known as “a handful of rice.”
Revelation 2:8-11 – When the going gets tough
To stand up in the public sphere today and declare the Jesus is the First and the Last – the Alpha and Omega – is to invite trouble. So how does Jesus want us to keep going in the face of hardship?
Who is this Jesus? Mark 1:21-34
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.