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The Silence of Holy Saturday is the Life of Faith
Easter is vital for the church, reflecting hope and identity. However, Holy Saturday’s silence symbolizes the struggles and uncertainties in our faith journeys. It challenges believers to confront their doubts and the messiness of life while emphasizing that God’s presence remains, even in confusion, as we await the hope of resurrection.
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The Agony of Triumph: The Journey of Palm Sunday (Psalm 31:9-16) | Holy Week 2026
Psalm 31:9–16 is one of the Bible’s most honest prayers, giving voice to grief, weakness, fear, and the deep sense of being overwhelmed by life. Yet in the middle of that trouble David turns to God in trust, declaring, “But I trust in you, O Lord… my times are in your hand.” This sermon explores…
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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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3 | The Beautiful Life is a Holy life (1 Peter 1:1-10)
1 Learning To Linger (Introduction) Last week, I spoke with someone preparing for a challenging test: memorising 150 answers, then facing an interview where they’d be asked about any of them at random. A friend who had taken the exam before shared a photo of their hallway—white walls covered with colourful post-it notes, each packed…
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