The bigger picture
Easter, Year B Mitch Kitson Easter, Year B Mitch Kitson

The bigger picture

As we continue in this season of Easter, we celebrate the victory that Christ has won for us over death and reflect on what that means for how we live our lives here on earth. The apostle Peter delivers a sermon which describes how the people denied Jesus and had him killed, yet somehow it was all according to God’s plan to bring life to the world.

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Love and obedience
Easter, Year A Mitch Kitson Easter, Year A Mitch Kitson

Love and obedience

Our world makes people obey the rules out of fear of what the consequences might be of breaking them. Jesus speaks about rules in a radically different way—He puts them in a context of love.

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Knowing the way
Easter, Year A Mitch Kitson Easter, Year A Mitch Kitson

Knowing the way

In John 14, Jesus is speaking to His disciples on the night of His betrayal. These words from Jesus are known as the ‘farewell discourse’ which is actually a very poor title. These words are focussed on arrival rather than farewell and it is not a discourse but a proclamation of the gospel.

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