The withdrawal of the King — part 5 40 blogs of Lent — day 7 As far as the miracles of Jesus go this is the big one, the only miracle mentioned in all four Gospel accounts. There has to be something significant about this which goes further than just feeding people. Also there is …
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Jesus withdraws — Matthew 14:13–18
The withdrawal of the King — part 4 40 blogs of Lent — day 6 At the end of this passage Jesus withdraws, devastated at being rejected by the people of his own town, closely followed by the loss of a close relative and one of the few people who supported him. 13 Now when Jesus …
Left breathless in awe and wonder
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 21st February 2021 40 blogs of Lent — day 5 The east window at Holy Trinity Huddersfield depicting, "when I was a stranger you welcomed me." Not much has happened in the Pape household this week, the high point is that I was able to speak with my father at the …
Herod’s Birthday party — Matthew 14:6–12
The withdrawal of the King — part 3 40 blogs of Lent — day 4 At the end of this passage Jesus withdraws, devastated at the loss of a close relative and one of the few people who supported him. Killed on the whim of a corrupt political leader as a present for his step …
Herod and John — Matthew 14:1–5
The withdrawal of the King — part 2 40 blogs of Lent — day 3 In the previous passage in yesterday's blog post Jesus linked this narrative section on Jesus' Galilean ministry back to the previous Galilean section and also linked it forwards by introducing the question, "Who is Jesus?" to be answered at the …
We know who you are — Matthew 13:53–58
The withdrawal of the King — part 1 40 blogs of Lent — day 2 This is a new section of Matthew's gospel, each section except the last one contains a narative sevtion followed by a teaching section and starts with the words "when Jesus had finished this" or something very similar. This is the …
Uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed — Psalm 82:3
Psalm 82 — Psalms of Asaph Jesus quoted verse 6 of this psalm. When accused by the Jewish leaders of blasphemy, calling himself Son of God made him equal with God, they said, Jesus pointed out that in this poem that judges are called gods. Welsh judgesmage from wikimedia commons Asaph had a long career. …
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Everything has to change
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 7th February 2021 A window in the north aisle of Holy Trinity Huddersfield, depicting the story of Ruth A week of very little done. We started the week still isolating from my illness of the week before, and I still haven't been out. Checking up on this service, checking on Mark …
Even the wind and waves obey him
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 31st January 2021 The window near the organ on the north side of Holy Trinity Huddersfield Not a good week foe me. I fell ill last Sunday and after checking my symptoms went for a Covid test on Monday, which came back negative. But all that means is that I had …
The horns of the wicked — Psalm 75:10
Psalm 75 — Psalms of Asaph The words at the end of this psalm are reflected in the words of Mary in what is now known as the Magnificat, Asaph said: I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,who says, ‘I will cut off the horns of all the wicked, but the horns of the …
