Matthew's Passion: The dawn of the dead? 40 Blogs of Lent: 37 Matthew 27:51-56 What are we to make of the zombie apocalypse in Matthew's Gospel? Jesus dies, God dies and then tombs are opened and the dead roam the streets like a scene from The Dawn Of The Dead. The events in Matthew's Gospel …
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Matthew’s Passion: The cross is moral example
Matthew's Passion: God dies alone 40 Blogs of Lent: 36 Matthew 27:45-50 Jesus dies alone. Abandoned by his followers and rejected by the people he cries out to his Father. Since before time itself was created, Jesus, the Messiah, the Christ, member of the Godhead, Emmanuel, God with us, God in human form is alone …
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The cross is the glory of God
The cross is the glory of God Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, 14 September 2019 40 Blogs of Lent 35 What do you think of when someone mentions glory? Is it the glory of the football parade? The triumphant team parading through the town with the trophy on an open topped double decker bus. Or is …
The true God
Eloah Names of God - part 54 The true God 40 Blogs of Lent: 34 This name for God is God, that's it, just God in the singular and is the singular of the plural form Elohim. It is used for the gods of the surrounding nations when it includes the definite article, such as …
Matthew’s Passion: Association with robbers
Matthew's Passion: Association with robbers 40 Blogs of Lent: 33 Matthew 27:32-44 Who was Simon, the man from Cyrene who was made to carry Jesus' cross. That someone should ne named in the story in all three synoptic Gospels is strange. Stranger still is that Mark's Gospel should also mention Simon's sons Rufus and Alexander. …
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Matthew’s Passion: Humiliations
Matthew's Passion: Humiliations 40 Blogs of Lent: 32 Matthew 27:27-31 Jesus has been arrested, tried convicted and sentenced, other than the actual execution, could anything be worse? The answer to that is yes. There are lots of things that could be worse. There is an English proverb that says, "Sticks and stones may break my …
Matthew’s Passion: Where did the crowd come from?
A crowd had gathered, a substantial crowd, a crowd that was large enough to cause a riot that the Roman garrison stationed in Jerusalem would not have been able to easily contain. This crowd was looking increasingly nasty. They had already chosen the release of a notorious criminal and condemned an innocent man in his place. But what perplexes me is where this crowd came from.
Matthew’s Passion: The trial of the two Christs
Matthew's Passion: The trial of the two Christs 40 blogs of Lent: 30 Matthew 27:15-23 I am visiting this passage a second time because last time the relationship I looked at was the crowd. This time I am looking at the relationship between Jesus and Barabbas. Barabbas was a notorious criminal, but he was more …
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It’s all about love
It's all about love Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 7 April 2019 40 Blogs of Lent: 29 A different week at church today, the church APCM, that's Annual Parochial Church Meeting,which is the churches Meeting where the last year is reviewed, and plans for the future is announced. It has been a good year, congregations …
Names of God – part 53: I AM WHO I AM
'Ehyer 'Aser 'Ehyer Names of God - Part 53 I AM WHO I AM 40 blogs of Lent: 28 God speaks to Moses from the burning bush: God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’" Exodus 3:14 …
Making an ass of myself 