The Lamb of God standing on a book with seven seals 40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 39 Good Friday 2022 The next day he [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming towards him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"John 1:29 The lamb gets no …
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Another Exodus – Psalm 106
The 4th book of Psalms Hallelujah One teaching method used by Jesus in his ministry is the chiasm, a series of statements that are then repeated and developed in reverse order. An early one comes in Genesis 9:6 in the ESV because unlike the KJV and others it follows the word order of the Hebrew …
Five stages of repentance
Let's face it, we all make mistakes. Being in the wrong is part of the human experience, so when we do, what next? Other people mess up too. Here are five steps to putting things right and avoiding disaster: 1) Fully own the harm caused It was your fault. Accept that, there are no excuses …
Forgiveness has been brought into the present — Matthew 18:21–27
Humility and forgiveness — Part 1 A reflection for Good Friday 40 blogs of Lent — day 38 The Galilean ministry of Jesus is over. Over a period of time his ministry has taken him into Gentile lands, first just across the Jordan to Bethsaida, then to Tyre and Sidon, the Decapolis and Caesarea Philippi. …
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Where was God in this? Part 5 – If you will not forgive them I will not forgive you.
I'm entitled to a little grudge just once in a while, aren't I? 9 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name.10 Your kingdom come,your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.11 Give us this day our daily bread,12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. …
I would rather be somewhere else
Restored and commissioned Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 3/5/20 I would not have been at church today. Like last year, the plan was to take a week off because the Tour de Yorkshire men's cycle race final stage was to be run between Halifax and Leeds, and I had planned to be there. One Sunday …
Jonah and the equality of God’s love.
The last thought on Jonah My last musings on Jonah, for now at least, following the conclusion of the sermon series at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield last Sunday. There are some things that were not said, and to be honest are probably irrelevant to that series anyway. But my mind like irrelevancies so here goes: …
Second chances
Second chances Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 18th August 2019 Another early service for me. We are meeting for worship at 10 am rather than two services at 9 and 10.45 during August. This time it was contemporary worship, and I was drumming. It was mentioned in the sermon that God works despite us, but …
Matthew’s Passion: desertion and denial
Matthew's Passion: Peter and Jesus 40 Blogs of Lent: 18 Matthew 26:30-35 The party is over, the last hymn of the feast has been sung. Jesus and his disciples are on their way from the secret supper room to a lonely place outside Jerusalem's walls. If the earlier bombshells were not enough; about Jesus being …
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. …
Making an ass of myself 