Jesus is the Good Shepherd who cares for the sheep. Like David, who wrote Psalm 23, we can say 'The Lord is my shepherd'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ydoioxTlRA&t=1s
Jesus and Peter - Mark 8 tells us how Peter's expectations of Jesus as the Messiah are not met, and Jesus delivers a blistering rebuke to Peter. How do we…
Jesus and the Syro-Phoenician woman - a story of the persistence of a parent seeking blessing for her child from Jesus. The video clip tells the story from Mark's Gospel.…
Today's podcast is a little bit different in that we will be using a Bible Study method called Lectio Divina. This means 'divine reading' and is a Benedictine monastic tradition…
Jonah is a prophet who is disobedient, petulant, angry with God and sometimes suicidal. Just goes to show that God is able to use anyone - with all our faults…
Jesus' transfiguration is an example of a mountaintop experience (literally) for Jesus and the inner circle of three disciples he takes with him. But after the mountaintop - there is…
Zaccheus was wealthy and a cheat. As a despised tax collector the only other friends he had in Jericho were other tax collectors. But when he meets Jesus, his life…
Money is often viewed by New Zealanders as a private thing. But the Bible is quite clear - God needs to be the Lord of all we are and have…
This month we continue our focus on the Bible with an analysis of how important the Tanakh or Old Testament was to Jesus and His Ministry. The Youtube clip is…
This parable, told by Jesus just before the events of the betrayal, trial and resurrection, has a rather uncomfortable theme of judgement and inclusion/exclusion. How can God love perfectly and…