Mark 12:13-44 In chess terms they call it a “fork”. Your opponent puts you in a position where, whatever you do, you will lose a piece. The Pharisees and Herodians (not a natural alliance) gang up on Jesus “to catch Him in His words.” (Mark 12:13) “They say unto him, Master, we know that thou […]
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Psalm 8; Matthew 21:1-17 We might think of today’s phrase as an ancient equivalent of “Kids say the darnedest things.” But Jesus was making a deeper point. He wasn’t just pointing us to children. He was encouraging us to child-like-ness. It is not only infants, but more generally the simple trusters in Jesus whose surprising wisdom […]
I’ve completed the fourth and final instalment of The King’s English. The text is all there, but we won’t have a proper cover for another week I’m afraid. If you would like to order October – December now then you can do so from Lulu. Please understand, though, that the cover will be incomplete (as […]
You can now purchase The King’s English: October-December on Kindle. From amazon.com $3.09 From amazon.co.uk £1.91 Sorry for the delay. We’re working on the paper version which will be available any day now. You can purchase Kindle and Paper versions of all previous quarters here.
Matthew 21:12-17 Perhaps this question seems to belong to another age, but it’s very worth asking: Where can sinners take shelter from the wrath of God? It might sound old fashioned and out of touch with today’s world. But if so, perhaps it’s we who are out of touch with reality. The word of God […]
Zechariah 9:9-13; Matthew 21:1-11 In the Old Testament book of Zechariah there are two commands to rejoice. Once it says: “Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, […]
Matthew 22:1-14 …So the handsome prince married his beautiful bride and they all lived happily ever after. Do you believe in fairytales? I say “fairytales” – it’s a bit deeper than that. It runs in our cultural bloodstream. It courses through our literature, our music, our films, our deepest values in life. We have this […]
Matthew 20:1-16 Have you ever discovered a co-worker’s salary? How did it affect you? It can be deeply destabilising. There are good reasons that offices issue their payslips in sealed envelopes. Knowing the wages of fellow labourers can inspire volatile jealousy and tear a workplace apart. But why should it? Well, human beings are incurable […]
Matthew 18:1-9 A heavy burden weighing you down. Inescapable. And probably self-inflicted. That’s how we think of a millstone around our necks. A job, a relationship, an ongoing commitment – these things can often be called “millstones around our neck.” But when Jesus said it, He wasn’t referring to a wearisome inconvenience. He was speaking […]
John 11:1-46 How do you handle death? Broadly speaking, people either deny it or they befriend it. Denial is the majority option. “Life is for the living” we say and we put death out of our minds. As best we can. But it will come out in other ways. Hebrews 2 says we are “subject […]
