Monthly Archives: June 2023

Cliques in the church and loving difficult people – John 13:18-38, Part 5

Over the years, people have said there are cliques in the church, and they don’t believe there shouldn’t be cliques in the church.  A clique is a small group of people who like to be together and can be adverse to others joining them.  What do you think? Are cliques antithetical to Christianity? In theContinue reading “Cliques in the church and loving difficult people – John 13:18-38, Part 5”

Coronation, emotional whiplash and…love? – John 13:18-38, Part 4

Jesus has only mere hours left before he leaves his disciples in a mess. It’s the night of his arrest, and he has just revealed the identity of the disciple who would betray him, Judas Iscariot. As we trace the logic of what Jesus says next, it seems that Jesus is feeling lots of emotionalContinue reading “Coronation, emotional whiplash and…love? – John 13:18-38, Part 4”