Apr2017
Death is dead
Jesus looked up and said, ‘I thank you, Father, that you listen to me. I know that you always listen to me, but I say this for the sake of the people here, so that they will believe that you sent me.’ After he had said this, he called out in a loud voice, ‘Lazarus,… Read more
Apr2017
Healed, forgiven
From the depths of my despair I call to you, LORD. Hear my cry, O LORD; listen to my call for help! If you kept a record of our sins, who could escape being condemned? But you forgive us, so that we should stand in awe of you. (verses 1-4) (read Psalm 130) ‘God, forgive… Read more
Mar2017
No middle ground
by Linda Macqueen
Some of the people in the crowd heard him say this and said, ‘This man is really the Prophet!’ Others said, ‘He is the Messiah!’ But others said, ‘The Messiah will not come from Galilee! The scripture says that the Messiah will be a descendant of King David and will be born in Bethlehem, the… Read more
Mar2017
Not what you’d expect
by Linda Macqueen
As Jesus taught in the Temple, he said in a loud voice, ‘Do you really know me and know where I am from? I have not come on my own authority. He who sent me, however, is truthful. You do not know him, but I know him, because I come from him and he sent… Read more
Mar2017
Broken families, broken hearts
by Linda Macqueen
The time for the Festival of Shelters was near, so Jesus’ brothers said to him, ‘Leave this place and go to Judea, so that your followers will see the things that you are doing. People don’t hide what they are doing if they want to be well known. Since you are doing these things, let… Read more
Mar2017
No-one but Jesus
by Linda Macqueen
Because of this, many of Jesus followers turned back and would not go with him anymore. So he asked the twelve disciples, ‘And you-would you also like to leave?’ Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.’ (verses 66-68) Read John 6:60-71 At times I… Read more
Mar2017
When God doesn’t make sense
by Linda Macqueen
The people started grumbling about him, because he said, ‘I am the bread that came down from heaven’. So they said, ‘This man is Jesus son of Joseph, isn’t he? We know his father and mother. How, then, does he now say he came down from heaven?’ Jesus answered, ‘Stop grumbling among yourselves. People cannot… Read more
Mar2017
Back to basics
by Grace Simpson
When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked him, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ The man answered, ‘Tell me who he is, sir, so that I can believe in him!’ Jesus said to him, ‘You have already seen him, and he is the one who is talking with… Read more
Mar2017
God’s generosity
by Grace Simpson
You prepare a banquet for me, where all my enemies can see me; you welcome me as an honoured guest and fill my cup to the brim. I know that your goodness and love will be with me all my life; and your house will be my home as long as I live. (verses 5,6)… Read more
Mar2017
Finding happiness
by Linda Macqueen
‘I am telling you the truth’. Jesus said. ‘What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the real bread from heaven. For the bread that God gives is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.’ ‘Sir’, they asked him, ‘give us… Read more
