John 19:16-27
The way Pilate and the soldiers behave in this passage is in stark contrast to how Jesus acts. So how do we make sure our characters are more like Jesus than like Pilate or the soldiers?
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The way Pilate and the soldiers behave in this passage is in stark contrast to how Jesus acts. So how do we make sure our characters are more like Jesus than like Pilate or the soldiers?
Jim looks at the trial of Jesus before Pilate, and the role of the religious and secular authorities in judging Jesus. However, with hints from John that God is on the real throne, is it really those same religious and secular authorities that are being judged in this moment? And what would that mean for us?
In today's passage Pilate asks "what is truth?". In this sermon we take a look at the theme of 'the truth', throughout John's gospel, and see what it might mean for us to love the truth and hear His voice.
Jeremy looks at Peter and Annas' denials challenging us to examine where in our lives we also deny Jesus and encouraging us to fix our eyes on Him instead.
Picking up our series in John's Gospel again, Jim looks at how Jesus chose God's painful plan that would lead to us being atoned with God.
Hebrews 11 is the filling, sandwiched between two strong encouragements to Perseverance. This week, we look at the first half of this famous teaching on Faith, in that particular context of Endurance.
When things feel like they're at their worst, we need to believe that the best is yet to come.
Jeremy looks at how we need both private faith and communal faith to thrive and what this means for us as we continue to walk through the coronavirus pandemic.
Jim shares a message for Kingdom Vineyard as we go into 2021, that it is time to make sure we are right with God, and a prayer for us to adopt for the year from Psalm 86:11.