The concern of Jesus — part 1 40 blogs of Lent — day 12 The story so far: Herod is out to kill Jesus, Jesus has tried escaping out of Herod's province of Galilee, and then to a quiet part of Galilee, but wherever he goes he gets recognised. Then he get's crowds. Hiding is …
Continue reading Help from an unexpected place — Matthew 15:1–9
The withdrawal of the King — part 8 40 blogs of Lent — day 10 It had been a long day, but also a short time in the life of Jesus. Shortly before he had been rejected in Nazareth, his birth town where his family still lived, heard that Herod had killed his cousin John …
The withdrawal of the King — part 7 40 blogs of Lent — day 9 The focus of the story now shifts to Peter.We should not be too hard on Peter for doubting, after all he has the faith to get out of of the boat and stand on the water. Peter himself suggested it. …
The withdrawal of the King — part 6 40 blogs of Lent — day 8 Water is a feature of the creation story of Genesis, but it does not say it is created, it is just there. Not that I take early myths as scientific fact, but the Genesis accounts starts not from nothing, but …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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