Who did Jesus claim to be? Here he deliberately provokes the question and provides an answer that outrages his contemporaries. His answer will also outrage people in our time since we too struggle to acknoweldge the evidence we have of … Read more
Tag: Christ
Colossians 1.1-23. God is in Christ
In our city we long for perfection. Perfection in our looks, leadership and lives. Perfection is an attractive and simple ideal – but it is also deadly. The apostle Paul asks the church in Colossae not to be deceived by … Read more
Revelation 4 and 5. Who is worthy?
The throne room of heaven is where what happens in our world is enacted… but who is worthy to enact the purposes of God for human history? How are we to interpret our own contemporary history? How does knowing these … Read more
Revelation 2 & 3. Christ speaks to us
The seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3 are historical churches but they are also types of churches – they are what churches at all times and places can tend to be. That is why these letters are for us. … Read more
Leviticus 7:11-21. Sacrifice, realism and grace
Critics of the Bible claim it is full of legalism, shame and condemnation. The truth is the Bible critiques legalism as a false religion, a twisting of the word of God. Leviticus is an argument for grace and realism in … Read more
Leviticus 5:14-6:7. Unashamed
In Melbourne our brand of individualism limits the sacred to the personal and divides the personal from the public sphere. In Leviticus what is sacred, what is personal and what is public are united. We learn that God is not … Read more