Welcome home, unclean spirit Matthew 12:43–45 The conflicts of Jesus 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 24 43 “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, …
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The signs of Jonah and the Queen of Sheba Matthew 12:38–42 The conflicts of Jesus 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 22 38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” 39 But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, …
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Jesus’ reaction to non-repentance is to offer repentance again Matthew 11:25–30 The conflicts of Jesus 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 15 25 At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; 26 yes, …
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Even the cows repented Matthew 11:20–24 The conflicts of Jesus 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 14 20 Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. 21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you …
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Moses' foreign wives Where is God in this (ii) This is the second (probably last) in a series looking at difficult passages in the Bible and asking 'Where is God in this?' Moses had two wives and neither of them was Hebrew. The first, Zipporah or Tzipora was from the tribe of Midian, Moses married …
Jesus is for everyone... ...even you. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Saviour, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:3-4 ESVUK The Lord is not slow to fulfil his promise as some count slowness, but is …
The last thought on Jonah My last musings on Jonah, for now at least, following the conclusion of the sermon series at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield last Sunday. There are some things that were not said, and to be honest are probably irrelevant to that series anyway. But my mind like irrelevancies so here goes: …
