One of Jesus’ famous sayings is: “…it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” (Matthew 19:24). What is the meaning of this saying? What is the point that is being made? A teaching that has become popular in recent years is that Jesus was…
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Perhaps over Easter you attended a church service and heard read out one of the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ resurrection. In Matthew’s Gospel we come across a rather peculiar statement: When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. (Matthew 28:17) Were the first disciples unsure that Jesus was actually risen from the dead? And if they couldn’t be certain then…
Probably a relative of Joseph. Does that surprise you? The actual nativity account is somewhat different to how we picture it, but when we take a closer look, we see that it is better than we imagined. The traditional nativity play involves Joseph going from door to door, looking for a place for him and Mary to stay. Each time Joseph asks…
Following on from the previous article ‘Is There Marriage in Heaven?’ we said we’d explore the broader question of ‘what happens when we die?’ Many people believe in heaven, some believe in hell, but where do these ideas come from? It may come as a surprise that many of our cultural notions about heaven and hell don’t come from the Bible at…
People might ask this question for a variety of reasons. Perhaps they long to be reunited with a loved one, or maybe they feel they’ve missed out on marriage in this life. Whilst Jesus seems to give a straight-forward answer to this question it’s worth slowing down to see exactly what Jesus means. Jesus said: ‘The people of this age marry and…