What difference does all this make right here, right now?
OK, so this month, we are meant to be studying the book of Revelation, the final book of the Bible and we will come to that, I promise. I thought it would be a...
Monthly Archive: February 2020
So what happens to us when we die?
When it comes to thinking about what happens to our bodies when we die, the only thing we can be clear about is that there is no clarity around this subject at all! It’s...
The beginning of the end (when the end is actually a new beginning)
God is going to redeem the whole universe. Jesus’ resurrection is just the start. A time is coming when heaven and earth will be joined together at last. The resurrection of Jesus is a...
So where is Jesus now?
What happened to Jesus after he rose from the dead? Well, Luke gives an account of Jesus’ ascension into heaven and alongside other New Testament writers, there’s a belief that Jesus was taken into...
What is the world waiting for?
When we think about the Easter events, there’s often a focus on the cross rather than the resurrection. There’s a focus on what Jesus did for us as individuals rather than the whole of...
Dead men don’t rise
The Easter story feels almost impossible to understand because let’s face it, what happened is impossible. A human body being raised to life after three days in a tomb: that had never happened before...
The context of the resurrection of Jesus
Eyewitnesses disagree. It makes us laugh as a family how we can all talk about the same event in such different ways. We all focus on different aspects of the scene, interpret the details...
Confused about heaven?
Let’s face it, most of us are. Even within the Christian tradition, there are a wide variety of beliefs about what happens when we die. As I looked round our congregation this morning, I...
Before we start looking at Revelation
So here we are. We’ve arrived at the last book of the Bible. What a journey it’s been! It’s taken five and a half years. 66 months, 66 books. I arrive at the Book...
