Sometimes I wonder what tone Mark expects us to read different episodes from his Gospel in and where the emphasis is. I imagine that 8:1 is meant to sound something like: “and the people ran out of food AGAIN.” We’ve been here before, and at first sight it looks like Galileans were poor planners. This… Continue reading Worth doing twice (Mark 8:1-7)
Category: Bible Study
Halfway there? (Mark 8:1-9:1)
We are in effect at the mid-point of the Gospel here. The challenge then is whether or not people are beginning to see, hear and understand the truth about who Jesus is. In case the disciples have not learnt yet, Jesus offers a reprise of the miraculous feeding -this time with 4000 men (8:1-10). Even… Continue reading Halfway there? (Mark 8:1-9:1)
A house of prayer: Foreigners and Eunuchs welcome
Here’s this week’s additional podcast. As a new term begins, Chris, our lead elder at Church Central spoke on Sunday about the church as citizens of heaven and a house of prayer. We try to link our life group discussions in with the Sunday talks. So, this week, we went to Isaiah 56, which is… Continue reading A house of prayer: Foreigners and Eunuchs welcome
Awaking the sleeping beauty
#TheBrideAndHerGroom part 4, Song of Songs 5-6 Audio In the podcast I talk about how witnessing and worship come together. The sense is “let me tell you about my Jesus”
Protection
The Church and her bride (3) -looking at Song of Songs 3-4. Audio Video
Stick close to Jesus
Here’s part 2 “The Bride and her groom.” Have a read of Song of Songs 1-2 before listening to the podcast
Christ loves you … so let him
I’ve shared a few articles about the Song of Songs recently. This week I’m going to be sharing some teaching Podcasts stepping into the book in a bit more detail. If you want to read some of the articles introducing Song of Songs please check out this tag. Here’s the first audio talk And here… Continue reading Christ loves you … so let him
How not to apply Song of Songs (or any part of the Bible) to Jesus
Last week, I shared some blog articles on the Song of Songs talking about whether and how we could/should apply it to Christ and the church. You’ll notice that whilst I’ve been writing that the Song is meant to be about Christ, that I’ve been careful to distinguish things like prophecy, metaphor and typology from… Continue reading How not to apply Song of Songs (or any part of the Bible) to Jesus
Song of Songs: Appropriate language for describing our relationship with Christ?
As I mentioned in my last post, some people balk at the language in Song of Songs as too sensual or sexual even to be appropriate to describing Christ’s love for us. Here’s one response: Perhaps they have in mind such lines as: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!For your love is… Continue reading Song of Songs: Appropriate language for describing our relationship with Christ?
Who am I? I’m raised up with Christ (Psalm 8)
The musical Les Miserable starts with a big number focusing on the lead character’s status as a prisoner. He is simply known as a number 24601. This builds into the question “Who am I?” which will be later answered not just with his prison number but with his name “Who am I? I’m Jean Valjean.” … Continue reading Who am I? I’m raised up with Christ (Psalm 8)
