Emmanuel or Immanuel Names of God - Part God is with us I am writing this in th Easter period because there is so much more to God being with us than the Christmas story. Jesus came, God in human form as prophesied by Isaiah, showed us how to live, taught us that love is …
Tag: Resurrection
Everything is different
Everything is different Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 21 April 2019 Hallelujah, Christ is risen. It is said that there is no such thing as a free lunch. That may well be, but there is free breakfast. We had one in church today before the morning service. A beautiful sunny morning where we were able …
Matthew’s Passion: Women’s work
Matthew's Passion: Women's work Easter: 1 Matthew 28:1-10 There is a meme going around Facebook and Twitter. It says, "In the interests of Biblical accuracy, all the preaching about the resurrection on Easter Sunday will be done by women." It has a point. All the disciples have fled and a few women watched from a …
Matthew’s Passion: Sleeping in Gethsemane
Matthew's Passion: Sleeping in Gethsemane 40 Blogs of Lent: 19 Matthew 26:36-46 From a private place to a private garden. Gethsemane was a place where there was a wine press, so was probably attached to a vineyard. Jesus separates himself from first the eleven disciples, Judas had already gone elsewhere, and then from the inner …
Raised for a reason
What does the resurrection of Jesus mean to you? As evangelicals we are very keen on the crucifixion. Sometimes to the exclusion of everything else. The cross has said it all, we sing, but if so, what was the purpose of Jesus rising again if there was nothing left to accomplish? On this last day …
Two break ins
Easter Sunday - 1 April 2018 Two break ins A poem This year: Sunday, at daybreak A child breaks into a chocolate egg And what she wants comes out A small packet of chocolate buttons. Years ago: Sunday, at daybreak God breaks in to a sealed tomb And what we need comes out A Saviour, …
No second death
40 blogs of Lent - Day 10 No second death Messages to the churches - Day 8 Smyrna - Day 3 A poem He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death. No second death We believe in resurrection, …
