Our world is full of controversy, accusation, grief and condemnation… but when we arrive at Easter Sunday, we hear a different word. Life. Twice Jesus says in John’s history that he did not come to either judge or condemn the … Read more
Tag: Resurrection
Matthew 28. Resurrection
Two questions have followed us in Matthew: Why is God’s revelation of himself in Jesus veiled, and, why can’t people entrust themselves to Jesus? The answer in Matthew is that some see Jesus as a hope while others see him … Read more
Luke 24.13-35. Life after life, after death
The final and most lasting argument of Jesus is his resurrection from the dead. It says that what he claimed is true, that there is a Kingdom beyond the claims of our current political ideas which claims our final alligence. … Read more
Luke 20: 27-47. Marriage & life
Our conversations about marriage in Australia seldom recall what traditional societies know as a matter of course. That marriage is about life. How life is nurtured, sustained and passed on in a dying world. Jesus, in his discussion with the … Read more