Jesus always did the impossible and it always helped when the person he is faced with has sufficient faith in him to start with.

Jesus was faced with a demoniac (or perhaps two), who knew without doubt who he was facing, Jesus, Son of the Most High God.

Jesus calmed the storm to make two points. Firstly, to demonstrate his mastery over the elements, which his disciples acknowledged. Secondly, to demonstrate what little faith his disciples had in him, with them believing that all that came before was pointless and that they were all going to die.

The Parable of the sower was one of Jesus’ key teachings, with a farmer sowing seed, with varying results depending on where the seed was sown; some fell on a path and were trampled on, some fell on rocky ground and its plants withered, some fell upon thorns and the plants were choked, but some fell on good soil and thrived.

This was a turning point in Jesus’s relationship to those Pharisees who were following him around, observing and criticising.

Jesus operated on two levels. He not only taught the good news to all who would listen, but he also demonstrated his Kingdom, through his healings and miracles.

It was when I was writing a screenplay based on the events of the Gospels that I realised how few women there were in the story; of fifty-five characters, barely five of them were female, most of them called ‘Mary’.

However secure we may feel in our Christian lifestyle, the real test is when our cosiness is disrupted and we find ourselves thinking before acting.

Everything Jesus did in the Gospels was for a purpose, a moral purpose.

This pagan, this Roman Centurion showed more faith in Jesus than anyone else in Israel. This Gentile had put the Jews to shame here.