by Andy Roland | Mar 12, 2021 | Bible
We stay with Jesus as he travels towards Jerusalem, his death and his resurrection. FACEBOOK RESPONSES Recent Facebook posts have had some interesting reactions: “Our Lord was not a trouble maker he died to save sinners we must always remember this Amen”“Why is this...
by Andy Roland | Mar 6, 2021 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus
Between now and Easter (4th April) I will be writing a series of weekly blogs on Jesus’ last eight days as he travels from Jericho, to the Temple in Jerusalem, through his confrontations with the authorities and his arrest and death, up to the resurrection. It...
by Andy Roland | Mar 1, 2021 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus
Between now and Easter (4th April) I will be writing a series of weekly blogs on Jesus’ last eight days as he travels from the Jordan valley, up to the Temple in Jerusalem, through his confrontations with the authorities to his arrest and death, up to his appearance...
by Andy Roland | Feb 21, 2021 | Bible
WHAT HAPPENED WHERE? Holy Week and the Problem of Place Introduction It is always moving to walk about Jerusalem and try to retrace the actual footsteps of Jesus, most famously along the Via Dolorosa. But Jerusalem has been destroyed and rebuilt so many times...
by Andy Roland | Feb 13, 2021 | Bible
Holy Week and the Problem of Time Introduction Unless we are an academic theologian, we normally don’t worry too much about problems of time as we read the accounts of Holy Week in the gospels. We may be subconsciously aware of certain discrepancies between the...