by Andy Roland | Mar 29, 2021 | Bible
JESUS FAREWELL MEAL Celebrating at Hackbridge and online For twenty one years I was the priest-in-charge/vicar of All Saints Hackbridge and Beddington Corner, a small church in the southern suburbs of London, between Croydon and Sutton. Every year I would...
by Andy Roland | Mar 19, 2021 | Bible
CHALLENGED BY THE AUTHORITIES Last week we were with Yeshua as he took over the vast Outer Court of the Temple, not just for one day but for the whole of the week leading up to Passover. The authorities had to react: the Sanhedrin or Great Council, the...
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...
