Tag: Ascension
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1 | Grace in the Wilderness and For the Wilderness | Matthew 4: 1-11
I wonder: if you were asked what some of the challenges the Church faces in our context are, what would you say? The answer would depend a lot on our background and our desire for our own lives. We might say: declining numbers, a loss of tradition, a lack of confidence, among other things. Then,…
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5 | From the Mountain to the Ordinary (1 Peter 1:22-25)
There is something about the mountain top, the beauty of getting there after a long hike, and looking around and suddenly the breathlessness of the couple of hours it took to get to that moment feels a lot less, and the world seems a lot smaller as you look out across the views, and it…
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4 | Redeemed for Such a Time as This (1 Peter 1:17–21)
A Holy life because of the wholeness of Christ
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Advent 3 | Micah 5:2-5 | Small Place: Great Promise
In today’s world, so much of our significance comes from size, numbers, and reach. We live in a world where size is significant, and numbers matter. Even though most of us know it means nothing, we are drawn to things that appear substantial because they are bigger. People are naturally drawn to the city because…
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Psalm 8 | The Majesty of the Universe and the Beauty of His Image
Introduction The right question can change everything, and the right answer to that question will change everything. What makes a question powerful? Who is asking it, and perhaps in another way, who it is asked of? If a normal citizen of a nation asks a question about global politics, whatever the answer, it will have…
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A Demonstration of Authority (Mark 1:21-28)
Our childhood memories of something are always far more imposing than reality. Have you ever been confronted by that in a moment? Perhaps it was going back to a school and finding the space much smaller than you remember, meeting an old teacher whose stature has diminished over the years. For me, it was meeting…
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Atr Irwin 