by Samuel Smithson | Apr 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today of course is Palm Sunday when Christians celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus, God made flesh, into Jerusalem riding on a donkey. On Palm Sunday the Jewish crowds acclaimed him as their Messiah but a few days later they were calling for his crucifixion....
by Samuel Smithson | Mar 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m sure all of you know – or at least I hope you know – someone whose integrity and sincerity you both admire and value: someone you reckon you can trust – even if you know they are not perfect and, like all of us, have their flaws and failings: yet, nevertheless,...
by Samuel Smithson | Mar 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
This well-known encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus raises some very interesting and challenging questions but also some very rewarding and encouraging information about Jesus and about ourselves. It highlights the difference and the distance between those who are...
by Samuel Smithson | Mar 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
In order to give you a better ‘feel’ for the kind of people Paul was dealing with in Corinth you will find it very helpful to read at least chapter one of his First Letter to the Corinthians, a letter he wrote in response to some of the ‘goings on’ in that church...
by Samuel Smithson | Mar 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
As we continue our voyage through the Book of Acts, we come to chapter 18 and Paul’s arrival in 50 AD in the city of Corinth, some 50 miles South West of Athens from whence he had just come. It was a very cosmopolitan centre of commerce and it had a terrible...
