JESUS, SON OF GOD
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Daily Readings: John 1 and Psalm 29 Today we begin our journey through John’s Gospel. We will read it slightly out of chronological chapter order by virtue of taking a detour to chapters 12-19 next week, so that we can focus on the events of Holy Week as recorded in John. The Gospel of John,
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Daily Readings: Matthew 24 and Psalm 24 I suspect the disciples might have regretted asking, “When will this (the destruction of the Temple) happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”, as it triggered a very long answer from Jesus, filled with plenty of unpleasant truths
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Daily Readings: Matthew 14 and Psalm 14 As opposition to Jesus mounted among the religious and political rulers, Jesus received the tragic news of His cousin John’s death at the hands of King Herod. Immediately, struck by the harsh reality of the dangerous path He was on, and needing to process what this meant for
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Daily Reading: 1 John 4 One very helpful way to study a passage in an apostolic letter of the New Testament (an epistle) is to work on rewriting it’s teaching, or the argument it is presenting, in one’s own words. This exercise helps one to ensure that one is digesting the core truths of the
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Daily Reading: Matthew 16:18-20 In an astounding flash of God-given insight, Simon Peter made the breakthrough declaration to Jesus: ‘You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.’ (v.16) The Jews had been expecting a “Messiah”, by which they meant a king so powerfully anointed by God that he would rescue them from every
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Daily Reading: Isaiah 9:1-7 Isaiah 9:1-7 is often associated with the Christmas season because it was a prophecy that the Messiah would be born to God’s people as a child who would grow to rule over God’s Kingdom of light, joy, freedom and peace (v.2-5). The most noteworthy, marvellous and mysterious statement about this God-given
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Daily Reading: Psalm 72 Last week we considered Scriptures that revealed Jesus as King. This week we’ll consider some that reveal Him as the Son of God. Today’s passage starts by revealing quite how closely those two are linked in the Biblical idea of a king: “1 Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal
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