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 Pasion: The cross is forgiveness
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: The cross is freedom
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
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
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
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 …
Names of God – part 50: Father
Ab Names of God - part 50 Father 40 Blogs of Lent: 10 Some Christians think that the concept of a Father God was introduced by Jesus, that God our Father has no history before that. But it would be a mistake to think that. Ab, the Hebrew name for father, and used to mean …
Matthew’s Gospel: …and healing
Matthew's Gospel: ...and healing 40 Blogs of Lent: 9 Matthew 4: 23-25 Here comes the change from being an obscure preacher to becoming a famous one: Healing. Jesus healed and his fame spread. Signs and wonders accompanying the preaching of the Gospel was a big thing in the ministry of Jesus. The Gospel writers noted …
Matthew’s Gospel: Team Jesus
Matthew's Gospel: Team Jesus 40 Blogs of Lent: 8 Matthew 4:18-22 Jesus has been preaching repentance for a year, and it is time to move on to part two of his ministry. The first stage is to assemble his team. The first stage of that is to hand pick the team leaders, Two pairs …
Matthew’s Gospel: Repent
Matthew's Gospel: Repent 40 Blogs of Lent: 7 Matthew 3:12-17 Jesus having been baptised by John in the Jordan, and having spent time in the wilderness confronting the devil now starts his ministry: Matthew always provides a link to what has gone before, here the link is that Jesus' ministry started like that of John, …
Making an ass of myself 