by Julie Turner | Mar 30, 2015 | What's Happening
‘Today you will be with me in Paradise.’ (Luke 23:43) During Jesus’s lifetime, He told a parable to answer the question ‘Who is my neighbour?’ (Luke 10:29) In that parable of the Good Samaritan, one of the most famous stories He ever told, He demonstrated that we have...
by Julie Turner | Mar 29, 2015 | What's Happening
Garry spoke from Luke 19:28-44 tonight, commenting especially on how the expectations of the majority of the crowds in Israel were not ultimately fulfilled by Jesus. When He entered Jerusalem riding on a donkey, the crowds were convinced that the Messianic prophecy...
by Julie Turner | Mar 29, 2015 | What's Happening
Today being Palm Sunday, Stephen spoke from Matt 21:1-18 this morning. Normally we view Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem as the crowd’s acknowledgment of Him as King. The celebration element is prevalent in the narrative: we see Jesus riding on a...
by Julie Turner | Mar 29, 2015 | What's Happening
The next words from the cross we will consider is the prayer recorded in Luke 23:54: ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ The ‘them’ of this prayer includes those who were actively involved in the death of Jesus:...
by Julie Turner | Mar 29, 2015 | What's Happening
The first cry of Jesus from the cross which we will consider is His cry from Ps 22:1: ‘My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?’ (Matt 27:46) It is a cry of dereliction, a cry of desolation. Christians traditionally understand this prayer not only as an...
