Fearfully and wonderfully mad
What we are doing is scandalous, but we do have good coffee and cake Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 24 March 2019 40 Blogs of Lent: 17 If it were not for the wind chill it would have been almost like a summer's day with a bright sunlight and clear blue skies. Not bad for …
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Chokhmah Names of God - Part 51 Wisdom 40 Blogs of Lent: 16 God is wisdom. At this point. It becomes less personal and runs off in the direction of philosophy. What I am trying to do in these blogs is to talk about how God legates to us personally and how we can relate …
Matthew's Passion: Take and remember 40 Blogs of Lent: 15 Matthew 26: 26-30 Something strange Jesus has already spoiled what is supposed to be a party by talking about being betrayed. Now we move on to something even stranger. Four cups of wine are drunk at a Passover meal, which tie in with the Exodus. …
Matthew's Passion: Faithfulness and betrayal 40 Blogs of Lent: 14 Matthew 26:17-25 Having set out the background for the story of Jesus' death and resurrection, the plot by the High Priest and Jesus being anointed, the story begins with a party. This is told through encounters with Jesus, and the relationships therein: The cross is …
Matthew's Passion: The anointing 40 Blogs of Lent: 13 Matthew 26:6-13 This is one of those intriguing passages of the Bible that the four Evangelists treat differently. Matthew and Mark do not name the woman and have Jesus' head anointed in Bethany at the house of Simon the Leper. Luke does not name the woman …
Matthew's Passion: Judas and the high priest 40 Blogs of Lent: 12 Matthew 26:1-5, 14-16 I have finished my blogs (out of sequence) on the first section of Matthews Gospel, chapters 1 to 7. I am continuing my Matthew's Gospel explorations by skipping to the last section on the Passion of Jesus and his resurrection, …
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Innocent by association Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 17 March 2019 40 Blogs of Lent: 11 We awoke to a day of bright sunshine, but there was heavy hail during breakfast which thankfully was much lighter and by the time we had walked to church had turned to snow. The trip back was cold but …
