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Sceptre

Jesus, Holding the Sceptre

13 September 2020 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

#64 Jesus, Holding the Sceptre - The Life and Times of Jesus

What is it we're asking people to see and believe when we share the gospel? In Matthew 27 we see Jesus. We see a king. Innocent, robed in scarlet, wearing a crown, holding the sceptre and suffering for sin. That is the Gospel. That's what we want people to see and believe. Now … [Read more...] about Jesus, Holding the Sceptre

Filed Under: The Life and Times of Jesus Tagged With: King, Sceptre, Silence

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.