Category: Old Testament
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The Humility and Hope Born of Praise in Every Season (Psalm 33)
What are we to do when things change? When things that once were are no longer, when normal becomes a memory, and when the things that we have gotten used to become things we miss and long for? It can be hard to know how to respond when the unexpected becomes real before us and…
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From Plagues to Covenant (Hope in The Exodus)
Freedom Formed by God’s Story 1. Introduction — Freedom Is Only the Beginning In 2009, I was travelling for the first time out of the UK/Ireland, by myself with a team, to Senegal. From start to finish over those two weeks, it was one of the most formative times of my life—the constant experience of…
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Restoring the Centre: Grace as Our First Priority (Ezekiel 36:22-38)
1. What is it All About (Introduction) Every Wednesday night, we have bible study at church, and I have to confess that as I went down this week, I was not really in the mood for it or feeling prepared. I would go so far as to say I was not sure I even wanted…
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Praise Amid our Ordinary (Psalm 148)
A Lectionary Reflection from Psalm 148, Jeremiah 30:18–31:9 , and Matthew 20:29–34 || Praise in the Wilderness, Mercy on the Road
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See The New Thing: The Hope of the Servant (Isaiah 42:1-9)
What worries you the most at the minute? That might be tricky because there is so much to worry about. There is so much going on that even the little things can feel heavier than usual. I managed to crack my windscreen this week, and I found myself thinking, “Not another thing I have to…
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Hope in the Impossible (Isaiah 7:10-16)
There is always hope when we have hope in Jesus.
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Atr Irwin 