9.1e Becoming a Christian and joining a Church is a serious and life changing commitment, and should not be undertaken lightly. Commitment to a Church as a member involves: iii) giving priority to being present at (and taking part in)
Heaven on the move
Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us.” Those words begin a small book which is one of the most widely read books of history. We call it the “Gospel of
Removing barriers
3.2 … Because of Jesus’ work, the Father delights to grant His requests as He intercedes in heaven on behalf of His people. One day He will return to this earth to judge every human being.. Photo by Peter Albanese
Just believe (HCTW 41)
He Changed The World – for an introduction to this series of talks, please click the title. Mark 11:12-25Using the player above you can listen to/download the talk, which also includes the Bible being read out. Once you’ve listened, take
Forsaken? No!
Psalm 22 sings with the voice of a king of Israel cut off from God and mocked by others, who clings on and comes through to glorious hope. Jesus takes that Psalm onto his lips as he approaches death. It
The pattern of three
Jesus told his disciples repeatedly that in Jerusalem he would suffer and be rejected, die and then rise again. Now those three steps are being played out before their eyes. Driving home the lesson, the number three echoes through Mark’s
Silence is golden
In the darkness of night, away from the city, following a violence encounter, in the hands of armed enemies and with no support, Jesus could meet his end. However, it will not be so. His opponents – Israel’s leaders –
Safe getaway
Jesus is in Gethsemane with 11 of his disciples. The 12th then arrives – Judas – but he does so to betray. It’s such an ugly scene as Judas exploits his friends’ confusion to sell Jesus with a kiss of
Perfume of death
The time has come for Jesus to die. Now the forces of evil, which he has been so powerful against, will be allowed to do their worst. It begins with the scheming, greedy crooks up at the temple being ready
Look up!
Jesus is preparing his disciples to stand firm in the catastrophe which is coming to ancient Israel, especially Jerusalem and her temple. They must see, in those future days, that he has ascended to rule from above and is building