Jubilee Church Teesside

Raj Saha, 31/03/2019. Richard Dawkins echoes in the extreme humanities disregard for God: ‘In a universe of blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, and other people are going to get lucky; and you won't find any rhyme or reason to it, nor any justice. The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is at the bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good. Nothing but blind pitiless indifference. DNA neither knows nor cares. DNA just is, and we dance to its music.' Do we really believe this? Is life so meaningless? In this section of John's Gospel we hear what the real Jesus claimed about himself, about the world's plight and why He came. It's a story of compassion and love and hope. It's a story of wrath absorbed, justice payed and suffering joy. As we approach Easter let's meditate on the real Jesus - what he said about himself and how his story shapes and transforms ours like no other faith, worldview or belief does. This J