by Julie Turner | Apr 2, 2015 | What's Happening
Easter is a very special time in the Christian calendar, for we celebrate at this time the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here, we’re at the very heart of the gospel, looking into how our salvation was actually purchased for us and it’s...
by Julie Turner | Apr 2, 2015 | What's Happening
‘I thirst.’ (John 19:28) In Greek, this one-word cry of Jesus expresses something of the physical agony He suffered on the cross. Jesus was, we must remember, fully human; He is the Word made flesh (John 1:14) and as a human being, He suffered the physical pain and...
by Julie Turner | Apr 1, 2015 | What's Happening
‘Woman, here is your son…’ ‘Here is your mother.’ (John 19:26-27) Death is never merely an abstraction, something to be studied philosophically or with academic interest only. Death touches each one of us at some point in our lives. Those we love and care for...
by Julie Turner | Mar 31, 2015 | What's Happening
As we prepare to celebrate Easter, we are forced to contemplate that the events of this Holy Week were all part of God’s perfect plan, even though things seemed to be going so wrong for Jesus and His disciples. Col 1:19 reveals what God was doing through the...
by Julie Turner | Mar 31, 2015 | What's Happening
‘Father, into Your hands I commit my spirit.’ (Luke 23:46) Jesus has clearly moved from the place of dereliction and forsakenness to the place of childlike trust and simplicity. This is a prayer of security prayed in the most horrendous of circumstances. Many of us...
