by Brendan McLaughlin | Sep 3, 2023 | Weekly News
Last week’s sermon looked at the famous ‘render unto Ceasar …’ passage, where the Pharisees try to trap Jesus with a question about tax. If Jesus says ‘don’t pay the tax’, the Herodians would have cause to try him for treason, whereas if Jesus says ‘yes, pay the...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Aug 27, 2023 | Weekly News
Last week’s sermon looked at another of Jesus’ crazy parables, with a curious twist at the end. Whenever we see something strange in Jesus’ parables, we need to ask why he would say it. For example, why did the landowner in Matt 20:1-16 keep going out looking for...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Aug 20, 2023 | Weekly News
Last week’s sermon looked at maybe the craziest of Jesus’ parables; the parable of the tenants (Matt 21:33-46). It’s about an investor who renovates his farm to rent to some farmers, who pay ‘rent’ by giving the owner a certain share of the crop. So when harvest...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Aug 13, 2023 | Weekly News
Last week’s sermon looked at one of the most curious and somewhat controversial acts of Jesus; the cursing of a fig tree (Matt 21:18-22). The reason Jesus does this is he is acting out a parable to explain his cleansing of the temple (Matt 21:12-17). Jesus hates...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Aug 6, 2023 | Weekly News
Last week’s newssheet looked at the wonderful celebration of Palm Sunday. Yet the placing of cloaks and palm branches, along with singing ‘Hosanna’ (save us please) was not all that happened on the very first Palm Sunday. When Jesus entered Jerusalem he went...
