John 5:1-18
Jesus, moved by compassion, heals on the sabbath.
Witness, the Power-Encounter, and Saving Faith
John 4:25-54
The second half of John 4 is all about sharing our faith and coming to faith. It speaks of our witness to others in terms of Reality, Rewards, Results and Repercussions: our part in the power-encounter between a human being and Christ.
The Gift and the Giver
John 4:1-26
The woman at the well is a story of encounter, about the gift of eternal life offered to the woman by Jesus that immediately transforms her life and the life of her community.
Nicodemus the Far-Seeing Pharisee
John 2:23-3:16
So far we have seen how various different groups reacted to the light of Jesus; but chapter 3 brings us to the reaction of someone we might have expected to reject him. Nicodemus offers us a template for approaching Jesus, and for the kind of questions we should ask him.
Invitation or Indignation
John 2:1-22
In the two events of this passage we see two different reactions to Jesus, and where each one leads: Invitation or Indignation.
John the Witness
John 1: 19-34
First century Jews were desperate for God to send a saviour. God did just that... but not everyone recognised him. John did, and testified to the imminent arrival ... of God himself.
Light & Life
John 1:1-18
Jesus is the light that illuminates who God really is, who we really are, and what the world really looks like. It is sometimes difficult and hard to accept, but those who choose light and reject darkness will find life.
Musings on Micah 6:8
Micah 6:8
Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God.
The Road to Reconciliation
2 Corinthians 12:14-13:14
As Paul closes this letter to the wayward church at Corinth, he knows they may still be wavering between himself and the false apostles who have misled them. So he challenges them, with four vital pastoral questions:
What’s true?
What’s real?
Where are we heading?
What’s important?
As we seek to get in tune with God’s cosmic plan for reconciliation, we could do worse than ask ourselves the same questions.
Power Made in Perfect Weakness
2 Corinthians 11:16-12:13
Exploring the hard, embarrassing work of reconciliation, and the humility of the cross.