The Good Shepherd became the sacrificial Lamb

22 August 2010 : Isaiah 53 & John 10 : 11-21 Last time we began to study the claim of Jesus to be the Good Shepherd, in stark contrast to the religious leaders of His own day, who failed abjectly in the primary task of the pastor, which is to feed the flock with...

The daughter of Jairus was ill with a virus …

Sunday 15 August 2010 :    Matthew 9 : 18-26 Today, once again, we find Jesus conducting a ministry of healing, and if you wonder why I put such an emphasis from the pulpit on the importance of healing, it is for one reason only – simply because Jesus put such an...

Christ-righteous, not self-righteous

Sunday 8 August 2010 : Matthew 9 : 9-17 Last time we saw that  Jesus’ choice of Matthew as an apostle sparked off quite a row with the Temple bigwigs and brought to the surface the dangers of self-righteousness, a nasty spiritual disease which leads us to take upon...