EASTER 2025 at Severn Vineyard

Thanks for celebrating with us! Here is our Easter Sunday service looking at what God revealed through Jesus’ love, sacrifice and power of life over death.


Further reflection - why did Jesus die?

In this podcast, Claire Lynch and Bern Leckie discuss how Jesus’ death can be seen in different ways through the Bible and the culture of Jesus’ time. The conversation ends with a look at Psalm 22 and what Jesus meant when he said “My God, my God, why have you foresaken me?” Reading or listening and praying along with Psalm 22 is suggested as a way to reflect on this.

You can also watch and read the scripts for Claire’s talks about this here:

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‘How does Jesus save?’ part 1, by Claire Lynch, 17 March 2024
‘How does Jesus save?’ part 1, by Claire Lynch, 17 March 2024

Good news - Jesus’ life, death and resurrection helps us to restore good relationships with God - but how does this work? Claire Lynch looks at different ways of explaining this which emphasise different parts of the Bible and might serve as helpful pictures or analogies. But it’s also possible that too much stress or reliance on one picture will distort our view of God and his character. Can we gain something from these pictures while also keeping our eyes on Jesus to understand what God is really like?

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‘How does Jesus save?’ part 2, by Claire Lynch, 24 March 2024
‘How does Jesus save?’ part 2, by Claire Lynch, 24 March 2024

Continuing from part 1. Jesus died on the cross and rose again, but why? Can the way this makes a difference to people be summed up in one simple, shareable idea? Claire Lynch continues her talk about the different ways this is described in the Bible, and why focusing on only one of them can distort our views of God and each other. The ideas of sacrifice and covenant are rich in meaning and hard to grasp in full, but can growing our understanding of them help to grow our sense of God’s love for us and what God wants to do with us?