Is our world heading for melt down? Will our planet burn up? Will nations destroy one another through nuclear war? What hope is there for our future? These are real questions for us in 2022. To help us consider Christian hope, and how that helps us live in our present times, we’re going to spend […]
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The kingdom of heaven (parables in Matthew)
The kingdom of heaven – what is it? A spiritual disembodied place where we sit on clouds (in our non-physical bodies!), playing harps to Jesus? Is it a time at the end of history when Jesus comes to gather, to judge and to rule the world? If so, how it is ‘near’ or ‘at hand’? […]
An Upside-down Kingdom – Parables In Luke’s Gospel
Following on from our series last year looking at the meals with Jesus in Luke’s gospel, this term we’re going to look at the parables of Jesus in Luke’s gospel and think more about the upside-down kingdom that Jesus inaugurated. An upside-down kingdom Luke was the writer of both the gospel of Luke and the […]