{"id":716,"date":"2021-03-25T12:11:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T12:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/latest-news\/3773-psalm-sunday-what-kingdom-do-we-seek.html"},"modified":"2021-03-25T12:11:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T12:11:10","slug":"palm-sunday-what-kingdom-do-we-seek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=716","title":{"rendered":"Palm Sunday: What kingdom do we seek?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/images\/News\/News_images\/Jesus-on-a-donkey-credit--Copyright-Stephen-Craven-CC2.0.jpg\" alt=\"Jesus on a donkey credit Copyright Stephen Craven CC2.0\" width=\"300\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;float: right\" \/>Given today\u2019s political climate in the UK and around the world, the Revd Dr John Bradbury, General Secretary of the United Reformed Church, reflects on how Palm Sunday is a poignant time for us to ask: &#8220;What type of world do we want to live in?&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do we want to be led by the sweeping force of populist nationalism when history and the Bible has already warned us what the outcome will be or do we want to work towards what God in Christ would have us overcome?:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHosanna!\u201d, they cried. 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