In John's Gospel, Jesus is introduced as the "lamb who takes away the sin of the world" and his death is presented with links to the Binding of Isaac and to the Passover. Here we explore how Jesus brings the mosaic of lamb images in the Old Testament together to invite us to feast on him and be saved as God provides a lamb for us.

At the Cross Jesus is experiencing the 'sign of Jonah' going into the belly of the earth; and functioning like both goats on the day of atonement — heading into exile — where we are — to defeat the monsters who hold us — sin, death, curse and Satan — and bring us home to God.

At the Cross the Son turns his face to the Father — who does not turn his face away — as the Triune God turns towards us. At the Cross Jesus, the Image of God, reveals the nature of the Father as we are invited to be reconciled to God.

The author of life planned for the cross to be the pivotal moment in human history; orchestrating events in a way that should produce awe and wonder in us, and that invites us to have the author of life write the cross into our stories.

We are revisiting our mission to be a church who are "a meeting place between Jesus and the world. We want to be a community living in God’s presence and so carrying his presence to the world. We long to see our city and world transformed by Jesus as his good news changes both sinful individual lives and unjust systems."

And our vision to be a community who "meets together as a taste of the goodness of God to us in Jesus, to bear one another’s burdens, to live and speak the truth in love, pursuing maturity in Christ, and to encourage one another to live lives worthy of our calling, and in anticipation of his return.

And: "Meets our neighbours, wherever they might be, and love them as God has loved us in Jesus, as a faithful presence in our communities, serving as ambassadors of God’s kingdom and hisministers of reconciliation, in anticipation of Jesus returning to make all things new."

We are revisiting our mission to be a church who are "a meeting place between Jesus and the world. We want to be a community living in God’s presence and so carrying his presence to the world. We long to see our city and world transformed by Jesus as his good news changes both sinful individual lives and unjust systems."

And our vision to be a community who "meets the living, Triune God, our creator and redeemer, in prayer and worship together, and so become living sacrifices who invite others to meet Jesus in our lives together."

We are revisiting our mission, to be "a meeting place between Jesus and the world. We want to be a community living in God’spresence and so carrying his presence to the world. We long to see our city and world transformed by Jesus as his good news changes both sinful individual lives and unjust systems."

And our vision to "a community who Meets Jesus in his word, with each other, to be transformed by the Spirit, into people who love and worship God, and so become the people he created us to be."

God's people are called out of violent empires who live for pride and use violence to accumulate wealth— to join those who mourn — and to become a kingdom of priests who follow the lamb who was slain who gathers a people of every tribe, tongue, and nation around the throne of heaven.

Nathan and Caitlin explore how Paul's self-presentation as a suffering fool echoes the Old Testament prophets and serves as a model for us.

Paul compares his example — he embodies the message of the cross — with the super apostles to demolish their false Gospel.