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On this happy day that Emma Gordon is being baptised, this passage is a dark one. But it is important to recognise that Jesus experienced the Cross in order that our sins could be washed away. In this passage, we witness Jesus experiencing the dereliction of God, ie God has left Him alone. We ask […]
It’s a minister’s privilege to be at someone’s deathbed when they have trust in God. In this passage we start a series in looking at Jesus’ last words at his crucifixion.
At this time of year, there are many things to prepare for Christmas. It’s also time to remember that Jesus came to this earth as the lamb of God, as a sacrifice to deal with our sins.
We are going slowly through the Book of Mark, looking at what it means when people become disciples of Jesus Christ. We come into the kingdom of God; we turn from our sin and he reigns over his lives. He calls us to obedience and service, submitting to Him as King. Jesus says he will make us […]
This week we start a new series in Mark. There is harmony between the four gospels and we learn: More about the good news of Jesus and what he did for us How we can become more and more like Him (we live with a different world view and are called to suffer) How to tell […]
v 45: “From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land”. At his crucifixion, Jesus endured acute physical and spiritual pain and the venom of his enemies. Visiting minister, Rev Alasdair Macleod, takes our communion service today and talks us through the past, present and future significance of the darkness at […]
Zechariah 12 v10-14 John 19 v 17-27 In these passages, we consider the fulfilment of the prophesy ‘look on the One who is pierced and mourn’. At the beginning of 2016, it is good for us to remember the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, so soon after celebrating his birth at Christmas – to […]
Christmas letters and Facebook posts focus on the positives in your lives, less so on the things we like to keep quiet. Pride leads us to take pleasure in having more than others or being cleverer or richer or better-looking than the next person. Of course we recognise that this attitude is not ok for […]
Today we welcomed Rev Chris ‘Kiki’ MacRae from Kilmallie & Ardnamurchan Free Church who took our communion service this morning. He guided us through this passage in Mark 15 focusing on three things: the mocking that Jesus endured the darkness that came upon Him the confession made by one who observed how he died, the Roman […]
Visiting preacher Jim Patterson shares with us his thoughts on this passage and how the writer to the Hebrews urges the Jews to persevere – they are being tempted to return to Judaism but he is persuading them the Old Testament was a shadow of the Reality which is Jesus. It was God’s will for Jesus to suffer as […]