March, 2014 (10)
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Treasure and Pearls (13:44-46)
Two parables: the same point. The Kingdom of Heaven is infinitely valuable so it is worth giving up all that we have in order to possess it.
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The Fruit of the Vine (22:20)
Jesus gave his disciples a cup of wine to share. Why wine? Could he have used water? Or blackcurrant juice? What did wine signify to Jewish people in Jesus's time? What was Jesus saying about his death and what it would achieve?
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Watching Bread Rise (13:31-33)
It's easy for us to think that we are making no progress as Christians, the church is not growing, that we are not achieving anything. In the Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Leaven Jesus shows us we need to step back and look from a wider perspective ....
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The cup of the covenant (22:14-20)
Jesus gave bread and wine to his disciples. But why? What did these tokens mean?
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Floods
The floodgates have opened. Winter 2013/2014 has been declared officially the UK’s wettest winter since records began. Our hearts go out to people who have lost everything - including, in some cases, their nearest and dearest. Many people are very angry.
