Jesus had died, Jesus has risen – and the risen Jesus spends time with His close followers preparing them for the ongoing job they are going to have to take on. Because He is going back to heaven and they are going to be charged with taking His message, life and hope into the rest […]
In John 13, shortly before He goes to the cross, Jesus demonstrates a loving commitment to His disciples as he stoops down and washes their feet. He also uses it as an opportunity to speak about the need for daily cleansing from sin to maintain our relationship with Him. The disciples would have been shocked, […]
At the centre of the story of the Bible, at the centre of God’s wonderful plan to fix what was broken, we find the death of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God, and his glorious resurrection. These are pivotal moments in the history of the world, pivotal moments in the lives of each Christian […]
The example of the early church in Acts 2:41-47 is one of living in community together – in relationship with God and with each other. They spent time together reflecting on God’s word, in prayer, in reminding themselves of the death & resurrection of Jesus. They looked out for each other, they cared for each […]
The Gospels spell out what happened when the God we know through the Old Testament reached out, and came down amongst us in and through his Son Jesus Christ. This took place in time and space – and the record of it all is at times so vivid you can reach out and touch the […]
Between the return of exile & settling back into the land and the events of the New Testament there is a “quiet period” – a time of approximately 400 years about which our Bibles say very little. But we know that the people were still living through very difficult and challenging times through which they […]
Choosing to accept the invitation of Jesus to follow Him changes the rest of our lives – and one of those changes is that God sends His Holy Spirit to live in us, which is an amazing thought! He comes to give life, to help us know Jesus better, to guide us, to transform us […]