It is all too common for Christians to attempt to do justice to the scriptural narrative by listening to it, learning from it, and attempting to extract a way of viewing the world from it. But the narrative itself is asking us to approach it in a much more radical way. It is inviting us [...]
That was the question that Toby, my 4½ year old son, asked a few nights ago, as he was feeling a little off colour. Ah, I know the answer to that one, I thought.
"God doesn’t make you ill. In fact, God is very sad that people get ill." I said. I wish I had [...]
There has been an interesting discussion going on at Duncan’s blog, What’s Your Point Caller. You can find the discussion here. It peaked my interest as it was a passage we were looking at with the students in their cells last week. I posted on the student blog an image that NT Wright uses, [...]
On Sunday, we looked at the final parable of the Kingdom (after a week break at the beginning of September) - the Parable of the Talents found in Mt 25:14ff.
We also gave away £20 to everyone that wanted … well we actually had a limit of one hundred £20 notes! This was to enable us [...]
I will write a follow up to a previous post, engaging with Scripture, soon. I you haven’t done so, so drop a comment on what you do to interact with the Bible.
But here is the next parable in our series. I am passionate about us taking some time to allow the passage to [...]
Continue reading about Parables of the Kingdom - The Unmerciful Servant
Sorry for the lateness of this going up this week …
The next parable in our series is actually two very short ones found in Mt 13: 31-34. Jesus uses these brilliant little pictures to communicate something about the Kingdom. Often I think he is deliberately ambiguous, allowing for different interpretations; sometimes it is [...]
Continue reading about Parables of the Kingdom - The Mustard Seed and the Yeast
This Sunday we are looking at the parable of the wedding banquet, found in Mt 22: 2-14. Andrew (aka “guest-blogger”) is sharing his insights and no-doubt thought provoking ruminations on the text. But, if you are going to be there, lets not let him do all the work, but come having grappled with [...]
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Right then, on to the next parable to be covered in our summer series on Matthew’s Kingdom of God parables: the parable of the weeds. For those at Community Church this will be viewed on Sunday 5th August. Comments and personal reflections most welcome.
The Parable of the Weeds
Jesus told them another parable: “The [...]
Continue reading about Parables of the Kingdom - The Wheat and the Weeds
This is the 4th Parable of the Kingdom that we are looking at this Summer. We are staying in Matthew’s gospel, but are darting around the gospel a bit! Each week the parable is being posted on this blog, with a couple of questions for reflection. On Sundays at our church gathering we will be [...]
Continue reading about Parables of the Kingdom - The Workers in the Vineyard
The third parable we are doing in the series is the Net found in Mt 13. There is a series introduction here, with an explanation and a list of all the parables we are doing over the summer. Again if you are going to be at our church on Sunday, do take some time to [...]
