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...
by Julie Turner | Mar 29, 2015 | What's Happening
Today is Palm Sunday and as we enter the final week of Jesus’s life and focus on His death and ultimately on His resurrection, we are aware that we are entering a mystery we can never fully comprehend. The fact that Jesus chose to suffer and die for the sins of...
