The surprise of Jesus — part 1 40 blogs of Lent — day 20 Red sky at night, Shepherds' delight. Red sky in the morning, shepherds' warning. I have heard this little rhyme from my youth. The people who taught it to me probably had no idea that it is based on a saying of …
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Bread in the desert — Matthew 15:32–39
The concern of Jesus — part 7 40 blogs of Lent — day 19 The feeding of the 5000 and the feeding of the 4000, Jesus does it all again, only the numbers have changed. So why would two of the four Gospel writers put the same thing in twice? When you look at the …
Healing brings praise — Matthew 15:29–31
The concern of Jesus — part 6 40 blogs of Lent — day 18 Matthew links the two story of the Canaanite woman to the next part of Jesus' Ministry simply. Mark adds extra details: Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of …
Dogs — Matthew 15:21–28
The concern of Jesus — part 5 40 blogs of Lent — day 16 Interestingly the passage I am looking at today has mention of both sheep and dogs. Dogs have had a relationship with humans as herding, hunting and protecting animals for thousands of years. But as the book of Tobit shows, written between …
Mind what you think — Matthew 15:15–20
The concern of Jesus — part 4 40 blogs of Lent — day 15 What goes into the mouth does not harm us: Not usually, we tend to avoid toxins. There I go again, being over literal when reading the Bible. That's the autism talking, I can miss it when people are talking figuratively, even …
Blind guides — Matthew 15:10–14
The concern of Jesus — part 3 40 blogs of Lent — day 14 A few years ago we were visiting a friend in another city. We were asked by a man the directions to a place and none of us could answer. These were streets my wife and I did not know and out …
What goes in and what comes out — Matthew 15:10–14
The concern of Jesus — part 2 40 blogs of Lent — day 13 This passage is personal to me because of how it has been used in the past. I goes something like this. If I am walking with a cup of tea and someone knocks into me what spills out is not tomato …
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Help from an unexpected place — Matthew 15:1–9
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 …
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Back home — Matthew 14:28–33
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 …
Peter on the water — Matthew 14:28–33
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. …
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