The Thursday before Easter is a day we often call Maundy Thursday. The word Maundy comes from the Latin, ‘mandatum’, or ‘command’ which is said to refer to the instructions Jesus gave his disciples at the Last Supper. The actual Biblical facts, though, make it quite clear that the Passover supper that Jesus shared with…
Around 2000 years ago in Israel, it was customary for the Roman governor of the day during the Passover feast to pardon one criminal as a good will gesture to the Jews. When Pontius Pilot was in post, he offered the people what he thought was a no-brainer: either he would free the innocent Jesus…
Simon Peter said he would lay down his life for Jesus, but Jesus knew Peter would deny Him 3 times. And Peter didn’t think that would be possible. I can only imagine when that rooster crowed that last time after Peter saying “I do not know this man”… Peter must have felt so bad. It…
If you’re familiar with the Easter story, you’ll probably recall how one of Jesus’ disciples stood out for the wrong reason — and that was Judas, who betrayed Him. So well had he hidden his wicked intent, that none of the disciples suspected Judas, even when Jesus said that one of them would betray Him.…
This study was taught by Bob Forder, our founding pastor and one of our elders, at our Sunday evening service on the 24th March 2024. You can listen on this web page or save the audio for later listening.
I want to talk to you about the day we often call Palm Sunday. We usually associate Palm Sunday with the day that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, and we often call that the “triumphal entry”. Actually the real triumphal entry is still yet to happen when Jesus comes back a second time, but…
This study is part of our series of verse by verse studies of Genesis, the 1st book in the Bible. Taught by our pastor, Simeon Forder, at our Sunday morning service on the 24th March 2024. About this book Genesis is the first book in the Bible, and in its more than 1500 verses, there…
This study is part of our series of verse by verse studies of Genesis, the 1st book in the Bible. Taught by our pastor, Simeon Forder, at our Sunday morning service on the 17th March 2024. About this book Genesis is the first book in the Bible, and in its more than 1500 verses, there…
This study was taught by Bob Forder, our founding pastor and one of our elders, at our Sunday evening service on the 10th March 2024. You can listen on this web page or save the audio for later listening.
This study is part of our series of verse by verse studies of Genesis, the 1st book in the Bible. Taught by our pastor, Simeon Forder, at our Sunday morning service on the 10th March 2024. About this book Genesis is the first book in the Bible, and in its more than 1500 verses, there…