March 21st. Reading: Zechariah 12 (They Will Mourn for Him) John 12 (Jesus Anointed and the Triumphal Entry) Questions: What prophecy is fulfilled in Jesus' entry into Jerusalem? Why do people struggle to recognise who Jesus really…
March 20th. Reading: Zechariah 9 (The Coming King) John 10 (The Good Shepherd) Questions: What kind of King does Zechariah describe? Why does Jesus call Himself the Good Shepherd? How does Jesus’ kingship and shepherding amaze me?
March 20th. Reading: Zechariah 9 (The Coming King) John 10 (The Good Shepherd) Questions: What kind of King does Zechariah describe? Why does Jesus call Himself the Good Shepherd? How does Jesus’ kingship and shepherding a…
March 19th. Reading: Psalm 22 (Foreshadowing the Cross) John 6 (The Bread of Life) Questions: What connections are there between Psalm 22 and Jesus’ crucifixion? Why is Jesus calling Himself the ‘Bread of Life’ so…
March 18 Reading: Isaiah 53 (The Suffering Servant) Matthew 16 (Peter’s Confession and Jesus’ Foretelling) Questions: What does Isaiah 53 tell us about Jesus’ mission? Why did Peter struggle to accept Jesus' path to…
March 17 Reading: Leviticus 16 (The Day of Atonement) Matthew 9 (Jesus Forgives and Heals) Questions: What does the sacrificial system teach about sin and atonement? Why does Jesus have the authority to forgive sins? How does Jesus …
March 16 Reading: Exodus 12 (The Passover) John 3 (Jesus and Nicodemus) Questions: What does the Passover reveal about salvation and deliverance? Why does Jesus say we must be ‘born again’? How does God’s plan of r…
March 15th. Reading: Genesis 3 (The Fall of Man) John 1 (The Word Became Flesh) Thinking: What went wrong in Genesis, and how does Jesus begin to set things right? Why does sin separate us from God, and how does Christ restore that r…
Introduction "God hates your religion." That’s not a sentence we expect to hear in church, is it? But that’s exactly the message Zechariah delivers to the Israelites. They had the temple. They had the sacrifices. They had the ritua…
Introduction I was driving to church in Llandovery last week and onto the radio came an episode of Desert Island Discs with Nick Cave. Now Nick Cave is a ‘bad boy’ singer, songwriter and author of Australian extraction who is as far a…