Tag: christian
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Exodus 16 | Who Then Shall Provide for Us?
Faith Forgotten in the Wilderness (Introduction) Archbishop William Temple once said, “When I pray, coincidences happen. When I don’t, they don’t.” It is something so simple that is profound, isn’t it? Have you ever had that sort of experience or realisation? Praying for something and seeing it happen when it seemed unlikely. I don’t mean…
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Who Shall Save Us? (Exodus 1)
Faithfulness Forgotten (Introduction) One of the great ironies of a church building is the plaque that hangs on our walls, often to tell the story of some great effort in war or the local community; yet, as we read of it in the years that have passed, we know very little of the person or…
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When God Breathes Life into His Church: The Spirit Who Saves, Sends, and Makes Us One
The Spirit came at Pentecost to save, send, and make us one.
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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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Atr Irwin 