The Discipleship Blog
by Steve Green
Advent Sunday
This Sunday marks the beginning of advent. Advent is about preparation. Are we ready for Christmas? Are we ready to welcome the baby Jesus into our world? Many families in the church have models of Mary and Joseph which move from home to home in this season to remind us to be welcoming and...
read moreSunday before Advent
Is there always hope? Hope even for those who commit the most heinous of crimes? Hope at the very end of our lives? The Bible passage for this week is the account of the penitent criminal on the cross being crucified with Jesus. The authorities probably put Jesus in-between two criminals...
read moreSecond Sunday before Advent
The Bible passage assigned to this week may be summarised as “Tidings of Trouble”. Here Jesus lays out the future. It is a difficult passage to understand because there are several themes which combine including: the ‘day of the Lord’ (cosmic upheaval), the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70, the second...
read more22nd Sunday after Pentecost
Do we make the truth plain to understand? The Bible passage appointed for this week is the story of the Sadducees’ question to Jesus about the resurrection. The Sadducees only believed in the first five books of the Bible and did not believe in any form of resurrection as, they felt, it wasn’t...
read more21st Sunday after Pentecost
Does knowing Jesus transform our lives? The Bible reading assigned to this week is the story of Zacchaeus. Jericho was a very prosperous town where the Romans would have been able to levy a considerable amount of taxes. Zacchaeus was good at his job of tax collector and so had amassed a...
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The Bible passage assigned for this week looks, once again, at prayer. It is the story of the Pharisee and the tax collector who went into the Temple to pray. The Pharisee thanked God that he was not like others because he didn’t sin like other people, and, unlike many others, he fasted and gave...
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