Bible Book: Matthew
Rev Gav | Jul 10
10th July 2025
Matthew 10.7–15. Will we be found to be ‘worthy’, recognising our worth comes only from our humble admission that we need God in our lives?
Rev Gav | Jul 9
9th July 2025
The testimony in Matthew’s gospel reminds us we have a God who can be relied upon and a God who sees things through, a God…
Rev Gav | Jul 7
7th July 2025
The healing stories in the gospels often leave me with a pang in my heart. The pain from bereavement and suffering resonates with our own…
Rev Gav | Jul 5
5th July 2025
Fasting is associated with grieving and lament. People fasted as a sign of their respect to something that had been lost (spiritually) and as an…
Rev Gav | Jul 4
4th July 2025
Do you ever wonder why people simply got up and followed Jesus? Matthew was Jewish and doing the bidding of the Roman overlords and their…
Rev Gav | Jun 30
Who has the keys to the kingdom?
I am convinced that God will not leave us as we are, but call us to collectively shine like lights in a dark world, opening…
Rev Gav | Jun 30
30th June 2025
Woah! Jesus was being blunt to the point of offensiveness, both in his language (referring to those outside the circle of discipleship as ‘dead’) and…
Rev Gav | Jun 30
1st July 2025
Do you ever feel like you’re being swamped by the waves, like you’re gasping for breath, and going under? And worse, do you shout out…
Rev Gav | Jun 29
29th June 2025
This passage from Matthew’s gospel makes me smile. It reminds me of pupils in a classroom being asked a question by a teacher, one putting…
Rev Gav | Jun 27
27th June 2025
God makes a conscious decision to reach out in love to creation, including us, and it might be a good idea to reflect on the…
Rev Gav | Jun 25
26th June 2025
Growing up, I was so inculturated by a particular brand of Christianity that I thought that ‘entering the kingdom of heaven’ meant ‘going to heaven…
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