Reflection on the Nails

Colossians 2:14 – “He cancelled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.” When the Bible talks about the nails on the cross and how sin is nailed to the cross, I’d like to imagine a piece of paper with all of the wrong things we’ve ever done written on it. …

The Cross Changed Everything

  We see the Cross, this sanitised symbol, adorn the exterior of many a church building, however, this gruesome Roman vehicle of execution, was part of a plan… the plan of God to rescue humanity from sin and its consequences. Before Jesus’ death, the world was one way. Afterwards the world was another. What was the purpose of letting God’s …

Bread & Wine: What do you see?

Physical sustenance… Who doesn’t have to eat and drink? Food and drink are secondary only to the air we breathe. They give us physical strength and without them we could not function in the world! We give thanks for food producers who grow and prepare the things we need to remain physically healthy and active in the world. Meaningful sustenance… …

The Mystical Coronation

Matthew 27:29 (ASV)– “And they platted a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!”  Oh So Wrong Christ my King mocked. He is heir of all creation, the Sovereign King of kings, the source and sustain-er …

The Veil Torn in Two

Matthew 27:51 – At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split.  In the temple, the veil separated two rooms, the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies, the earthy dwelling place of God’s presence. The priest would only be allowed past the veil into the Holy …