by Andy Roland | Apr 14, 2024 | Bible, Easter, Holy Week, Jesus
WHERE DOES JOHN FIT IN? THE STORY SO FAR Two months ago I wrote ‘What did he actually do?’ There I traced the events of Jesus’ last week on earth, using principally the Gospel of Mark. See ‘Jesus the Troublemaker’ on revandybooks.org and...
by Andy Roland | Mar 17, 2024 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus
WHAT DID HE ACTUALLY THINK? Jesus in Holy Week INTRODUCTION: STRESS & FEAR The Gospel of Mark starts his account of Holy Week several days before, with Jesus striding ahead of his disciples along the Jordan valley on his way to Jerusalem. They were on the road,...
by Andy Roland | Feb 15, 2024 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus, Lent
WHAT DID HE ACTUALLY DO? Thoughts on Holy Week – 1 LENT IS COMING! Easter is early this year (March 31st). So Ash Wednesday, marking the start of Lent is equally early. So here is a reminder of what I believe was the real story of Holy Week. It...
by Andy Roland | Jan 28, 2024 | Bible, Jesus, Pentecost
WHY WAS JOHN THE BAPTIST? INTRODUCTION John the Baptist (or rather Yohanan as in his home language of Aramaic), is a familiar figure in Christian churches. He is particularly revered for pointing to Jesus (or Yeshua in his home language). No one asks why...
by Andy Roland | Jan 4, 2024 | Christmas, Newsletter, writing
A short month. On 18th, Christmas took over! PUBLISHING Most of my mental energy went on trying to get my books published and available. I wrestled with Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Print) and managed to get the e-book out on Kindle on 14th, but the book version...
by Andy Roland | Jun 2, 2023 | Bible, Newsletter, Pentecost, writing
Wisdom in Earls Court CORONATION To be honest, I did not expect the coronation weekend to be so memorable. It started a day before with two splendid double page article on Charles and Camilla in the Evening Standard. On the day itself, I...
