I have only ever met one person with the name Emmanuel, a French bloke who I studied with for a while. Point is, I don’t want to write about him, I want to share something with you this Christmas about one of the most mind-blowing things the bible has to say. (In my opinion anyway!) […]
This week we will continue to explore 7 ways Jesus showed love, love that we can seek to replicate to those around us. 7. Listening Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, making her stand in the centre. “Teacher,” they said to him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery. In […]
This week we will continue to explore 7 ways Jesus showed love, love that we can seek to replicate to those around us. 6. Sharing As he was walking along the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter), and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea—for they were […]
This week we will continue to explore 7 ways Jesus showed love, love that we can seek to replicate to those around us. 5. Serving Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them. It must not be […]
This week we will continue to explore 7 ways Jesus showed love, love that we can seek to replicate to those around us. 4. Gentleness The next day, when the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they took palm branches and went out to meet him. They kept shouting: […]
This week we will continue to explore 7 ways Jesus showed love, love that we can seek to replicate to those around us. 3. Physical Touch While he was in one of the towns, a man was there who had leprosy[c] all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged him: “Lord, if you are willing, […]
This week we will continue to explore 7 ways Jesus showed love, love that we can seek to replicate to those around us. 2. Compassion “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.Matthew 27:42 […]
The most startling display of love for others is in the cross of Jesus Christ. Whilst some might be willing to die for people who have lived an amazing life or are ‘really really nice’ people, it is unlikely we would give our lives for the worst sinners and scum bags we can think of. […]
I was on the train recently, going through the normal process of checking emails, bit of light reading and staring with glazed eyes out of the window as I travelled backwards into London. ‘If you’ve got time to worry you’ve got time to pray.’ A group of Asian students had got in the same carriage […]
We ended the blog on Good Friday by saying; ‘This is my burial. This is my death. This is my Jesus.’ Here’s the thing, this lady we read about on Good Friday in Luke 7:37-38, in using her own burial perfume seems to be saying this is my death! What she didn’t realise is was […]
