The glory of Jesus — part 1 40 blogs of Lent — day 27 Jesus shows who he really is, but it was only for a short time and only in front of three people who were told not to tell of it. But it did not come out of the blue, there was a …
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We are supposed to be surprising and radical — Matthew 16:24–28
The surprise of Jesus — part 5 40 blogs of Lent — day 26 I called the readings in Matthew Chapter 16 the surprise of Jesus. It is such a surprising chapter. It starts with Jesus refused to perform a sign of his power to the religious leaders of his religion straight after feeding 4000 …
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No Lord? How can you say that? — Matthew 16:21–23
The surprise of Jesus — part 4 40 blogs of Lent — day 25 It is always bad when you have been planning something and looking forward to it, only for something to happen that either puts your plans on hold. There is always a feeling of disappointment. My wife and I will have been …
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Who am I? — Matthew 16:13–20
The surprise of Jesus — part 3 40 blogs of Lent — day 24 One of Jesus' favourite pet names is you of little faith. There are different ways of reading this, one is to see him exasperated with them, but that would be against Jesus' character, Jesus is not the sort of person to …
Rivers of living water will flow from within you
Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield Sunday 14th March 2021 40 blogs of Lent — day 23 The door to Holy Trinity Huddersfield, showing spring flowers in the foreground. Mothering Sunday, or commonly Mother's Day, a bittersweet day for me as I remember my mother who passed away in 2016, so a day of sadness and joy. …
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Misunderstanding Jesus — Matthew 16:5–12
The surprise of Jesus — part 2 40 blogs of Lent — day 21 In my ESV Study Bible this passage is under the heading, "The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." I want to look at it from a different angle, that of the disciples and of bread. Photo by Daria Shevtsova on Pexels.com …
A sign of the times — Matthew 16:1–4
The surprise of Jesus — part 1 40 blogs of Lent — day 20 Red sky at night, Shepherds' delight. Red sky in the morning, shepherds' warning. I have heard this little rhyme from my youth. The people who taught it to me probably had no idea that it is based on a saying of …
Bread in the desert — Matthew 15:32–39
The concern of Jesus — part 7 40 blogs of Lent — day 19 The feeding of the 5000 and the feeding of the 4000, Jesus does it all again, only the numbers have changed. So why would two of the four Gospel writers put the same thing in twice? When you look at the …
Healing brings praise — Matthew 15:29–31
The concern of Jesus — part 6 40 blogs of Lent — day 18 Matthew links the two story of the Canaanite woman to the next part of Jesus' Ministry simply. Mark adds extra details: Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of …
I am not invalid
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 7th March 2021 40 blogs of Lent — day 17 Spring flowers in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Huddersfield A spectacularly uneventful week on my life, well at least up to Friday, although I learnt that the home where Dad lives are starting to allow visitors inside, but that will involve …
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