Healing two possessed men Matthew 8:28–34 The authority of Jesus And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, …
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The point of healing
With a word Matthew 8:14–17 The authority of Jesus And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he …
Just a touch
Just a touch Matthew 8:1–4 The authority of Jesus When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” …
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 …
The feast – and a visit to a Welsh Methodist Chapel
The feast St David's Methodist Church, Llandudno, 19 August 2018 We were over in Wales for a few days, but seeing it is Llandudno, it feels more like an enclave of England by the North Welsh coast. So as it was a holiday from Huddersfield it might as well be a holiday from Anglicanism as …
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Healing
40 Blogs of Lent - Day 23 Healing Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield - Sunday 11 March 2018 Another sermon on the Exodus, and I have worked out where we are going, we are headed towards the Passover to coincide with us remembering Christ's passion which happened at the memorial of that event. This either shows …
Whipped and stripped
They whipped and they stripped Not a sequel to 50 shades of grey, but my reflections from memory of the Lent course from Holy Trinity Huddersfield, based of the wounds of Christ. The first of which took its title from the song Lord of the dance. Before Jesus was whipped he would have been beaten, …
In two minds about doubt
Why I have doubts, an exercise in train of thought. I have a problem with doubting, the problem is that I do it — and I have no reason to do it. I have no reason to doubt because of what I have seen and experienced of God in action. I have seen people prayed …
The day God changed
14th March 2006 was the day God changed. Or at least it was the day God changed for me. That was the day I had an accident. I blogged about it not long afterwards over on a now defunct site. That led to all kinds of questions as to what God was like. What kind …
Stuck in the middle
Stuck in the Middle with you. Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you, And I'm wondering what it is I should do, So sang Gerry Rafferty on Stealers Wheel's 1972 hit. I've been feeing like that a lot recently. My relationship with God, and more particularly with the church, is going through a tough …
Making an ass of myself 