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Extreme Widows! (Mark 12:41-44)
My focus here is on three widows – Ruth, her mother-in-law Naomi, and a nameless pensioner who puts all her livelihood into the offertory plate! As ever, the characters the Bible brings before us as heroes of the faith are … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, Gospel, Jesus, Mark Twain, mother-in-law, offertory, priest, reading
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Are all Divorcees Adulterers? (Mark 10:11-12)
“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” (Mark 10:11-12) Could these really be the words of the Lord Jesus? And was this really a good … Continue reading
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Tagged adultery, Bible, boot, church, faith, Jesus, law, Lord Jesus
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Jesus, the Bread of Life (John 6:35, 41-51)
I don’t know what your week has been like, but I’ve had a week that has been full of typical priest-type things: visiting the sick and organising weddings, baptisms and funerals. Indeed, in the next few weeks we’ve got two … Continue reading
Love one Another (John 15:9-17)
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Mission, church, Da Vinci Code, faith, Jesus, Lord Jesus, movie, reason, Vinci
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He is Risen Indeed! (John 20:1-18)
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter … Continue reading
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Tagged Jesus, moment, Peter, reason, resurrection, Simon Peter, the resurrection of Jesus, tomb, wasn
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Jesus heals a man with who won’t shut up! (Mark 1:40-45)
“And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with compassion , he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be … Continue reading
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Tagged guy, Jesus, leper, leprosy, miracle, miracles of Jesus, priest
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Unbind him and let him go! (John 11:1-53)
“Unbind him and let him go!” These are the words of Jesus, recorded in John 11 – dramatic words that come at the climax of a dramatic story – the death and resuscitation of Jesus’ friend Lazarus. It is an … Continue reading
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Tagged answer, Christ Jesus, death, friend Lazarus, Jesus, Mary and Martha, movie, resurrection, story
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Is the Tsunami God’s Judgement?
“As [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his … Continue reading
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Tagged answer, Bible, Jesus, justice, look, way, works of God
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Resurrection and Worship (Luke 24)
That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, … Continue reading
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Tagged cup, disciple, Emmaus, Holy, Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, tomb
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