Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 3rd January 2021 Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield from Trinity Street. It has been hard to know what day it was this week. New Year's Eve was a Thursday which felt like a Saturday and New Year's Day a Friday that felt like a Sunday. Then there was the real Saturday. On …
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Who is the King of the Jews?
The Wise Men and Herod The Nativity by Matthew – Part 4 Looking for the King of the Jews in Jerusalem would seem to be a wise move, but it turned out to be the least wise thing the wise men could do. It seems to be a wise move because in Jerusalem there was …
The wise men and the star
Following yonder star? The Nativity by Matthew – Part 3 Oh, star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright. Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide with thy perfect light. The star led the wise men, we all know the story but did it actually lead them, and if so how come it led …
Searching for Jesus
40 Blogs of Lent - Day 36 Church is worship What is Church - Day 4 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose,and …

Wise men?
They were right to do what hey did, these wise men,
To go to see Herod in Jerusalem.
That is where kings lived, so if you wanted to find the child born King of the Jews you would be wise if the first place you went was to the palace of the capital of Judea, where the King of the Jews lived.
Even if the King of the Jews was someone like Herod.