Hub Notes

Read John 7:40-53 v 50   Then Nicodemus, the leader who had met with Jesus earlier, spoke up.  The Jewish leaders obviously expected Jesus to turn up for the Festival and so they were on the lookout for him. Plans were

Read John 3:1-15 v 3   Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” This is one of the most intriguing conversations recorded in the Bible – with only two people present

Read Luke 5:27-32 vv 31-32  Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.  I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.” How have you

Read Matthew 23:25-39 v 28  Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness. You may well have met people who hide their real circumstances of sadness, stress or genuine poverty behind a

Read Matthew 23:12-24 v 23   What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice,

Read Matthew 23:1-12 v 5   Everything they do is for show. We all love it when people think well of us!  And we get pretty despondent when we are out of favour and our efforts and opinions go unrecognised. A

Read Matthew 15:1-16 v 14  They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch. As a student, and then in my early days of working, I often helped

Read Matthew 5:38-48 The baggage of sticking to the same social circle – people like us. v 47.  If you are kind only to your friends how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that. During the Nineteenth

Read Matthew 5:38-48 The baggage of an unforgiving spirit v 44   But I say, love your enemies!  Pray for those who persecute you!  I’ve been reading the correspondence in a Christian magazine recently around the idea that God’s forgiveness of

Read Matthew 5:38-48 The baggage of only looking after Number One. v 42  Give to those who ask, and don’t turn away from those who want to borrow. Pleasing oneself – or always looking after Number One – is the