Springfield Church

We are taking a brief detour from looking at 1 Corinthians to take time to look at the Easter narrative. We have called it “The Perfect Storm”. A perfect storm is an event where a rare combination of events drastically aggravates the situation. This is The perfect storm as these events are a once in history combination of events that forever changed the world.In this passage Jesus is deliberately setting off towards Jerusalem for the final confrontation. There is a sense of anticipation and nervousness amongst his disciples. Although he tells them what is about to happen they don’t understand it and misinterpret his words. So, James and John come and ask and focus on Jesus coming to power and ruling in Israel (even though he has just told them that he is about to be crucified!). The same all too happens with us – we all too often don’t listen to what he is saying to us and the path he is leading us on. We all too often want a comfortable path and one we can take it easy on – rather than the path he calls us t