Telling The Truth

Courts of law often ask witnesses to swear on the Bible that the testimony they give will be completely truthful. It is intriguing that this is done when the Book itself is centred on a character who says we shouldn’t need to swear by anything.  Rather when we say yes we should mean yes, and […]

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He Relates

The good news talks of a King establishing His Kingdom. When I consider kings and members of royalty there is usually something about them that makes them hard to connect with, because their personality and position makes them someone who can only be seen from afar.  There is little personal connection and hardly anything to […]

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Banquet Invitation

The Kingdom of heaven is like … That phrase is such an opening line to a story about what this wonderful Kingdom is like. At more than one point, Jesus didn’t mince His words when explaining what this Kingdom is like in the light of some attitudes and mentalities that prevailed among the religious rulers. […]

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Your Majesty

It was a big deal to acknowledge someone as the Son of David. In essence, what is being proclaimed is royalty.  Someone worthy of the crown of the greatest King in their history. That this new hope should enter the main city in such humility is fitting of the Man who was born in humble […]

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Wicked Servant

I wonder what would happen if the church was as serious about forgiveness as it is about other more prominent issues. Having just spoken of procedure to take to sort out relational disharmony, Jesus replies to a good question about forgiveness. The story Jesus outlines is stunning, gripping and ultimately shows how seriously God treats […]

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