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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Redeemer
The Pawnbroker's sign on Bereton's Pawn Shop, Capel Street, Dublin.Free image by William Murphy on Flickr 40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 27 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.Job 19:45 Job is a book about suffering. Job, the title character had lost everything, …
The One Who Sets Free
FreedomFree image on pixabay 40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 23 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36 ESVUK There is a danger in taking things out of context, and this verse is one of them. There is also a freedom to do so …
Opposition through legalism 2: The Sabbath is about rest
It's not what is the Sabbath, it's WHO is the Sabbath Matthew 12:9–14 The conflicts of Jesus 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 18 9 He went on from there and entered their synagogue. 10 And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so …
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Christians Against Poverty and freedom — not just from debt
Christians Against Poverty Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 26th January 2020 Today was one of those weeks that there was only one Sunday service and so the whole church gathered to worship together at 10 am rather than separate traditional and contemporary services at 9 am and 10:45. Not that the early start made a …
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Changing the leper’s spots?
The Cross is freedom Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield - Sunday 28 April 2019 A difficult service for me. My mood before, during and after the service was not good. I had a minor autistic meltdown the evening before the service, was feeling fragile during the service and had a larger meltdown later that day. For …
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 …
I don’t want your freedom
God the Son: The Cross and Death Ever heard one of those sermons that gets you thinking, and after weeks you are still thinking bout it, but it is weeks before the penny drops? No? Just me then. You see over at Holy Trinity Huddersfield we have been having a sermon series, we have plenty …
Bastard
Before Abraham was I am. 40 blogs of Lent - day 12 They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. …
It isn’t nice
It isn't nice Galatians part 8 Have you ever been told off because what you have said in church isn't nice? It seems that any language that isn't nice should not be said, especially if we sound angry. Bear this in mind as we look at what Paul says next in Galatians: For freedom Christ …
Making an ass of myself 