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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
This coming Sunday (15th July) at our church meeting, we are continuing our series on the Parables of the Kingdom by looking at the parable of the 10 virgins. Each week we are posting the parable that we will looking at the following Sunday, to aid reflection and engagement with God, before we hear [...]
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Over the summer months, we are looking at 9 of the parables of the Kingdom found in Matthew’s gospel. Actually it is 11, but 4 of them are so short and paired together in the Scriptures, we are looking at them together.
We are only looking at the parables that Jesus starts off by saying: “The [...]
Over the summer, as I mentioned in the previous post (which was also an introduction to the series), we are looking at the parables of the Kingdom. Jesus spoke a lot in parables, and some of them, mainly in Matthew’s gospel, start with him saying: “The Kingdom of God is like…”. These are [...]
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