What Jesus did #21: he threw out the rule book
In my last post, we saw how Jesus broke the rules. I stated that Jesus broke God’s rules and I’ve been challenged about that since I wrote it. According to the spiritual leaders at...
Author: Helen Redfern
What Jesus did #20: he broke the rules
Jesus broke the rules. In fact, Jesus broke God’s rules. According to the spiritual leaders of the day, Jesus regularly broke one of the Ten Commandments given by God to Moses for His people...
What Jesus did #19: he went into rage mode
And now for something completely different. For the last week, we’ve been looking at the accounts of Jesus healing people from all kinds of illness – physical, spiritual and mental. Now we’re turning our...
What Jesus did #18: he dealt with demons
This is a huge subject and one I would have liked to have glossed over as it feels like a real minefield and I feel somewhat out of my depth discussing it. However, Jesus...
What Jesus did #17: he made the blind to see and the deaf to hear
Today, as part of this week of looking at the healings Jesus performed, we focus on those times that he made the blind to see and the deaf to hear. In Matthew 9, the...
What Jesus did #16: he led people from death to life
I can’t imagine anything worse as a parent than believing that your child is about to die. That never changes. I remember my grandma saying to me after my mum died that it is...
What Jesus did #15: he heals on the inside as well as the outside
Some people believe that ‘bringing people to Jesus’ is all about the spiritual. The soul is the only part of a person worth caring about because that is the only part of us that...
What Jesus did #14: he recognised real faith when he saw it
When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. The centurion heard...
What Jesus did #13: he reached out with a healing touch
At 7am this morning, I phoned the Doctors’ Surgery and got an appointment to see a doctor at 10am. We may moan at how hard it is to get an appointment these days, but...
What Jesus did #12: his face shone like the sun
Today we look at what has come to be known as the Transfiguration of Christ. Let’s first of all break down that word ‘transfiguration’. The noun ‘transfiguration’ comes from the verb ‘transfigure’, which means transform,...
