Tag: Hope
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When the Light Slips Away (Advent Reflection)
As I was sitting earlier this afternoon, just after three o’clock, it was impossible not to feel how quickly the light was slipping away. By 15:58, the sun had officially set, and it already felt like evening. Add to that the sky never really lifted today: heavy cloud, no break of blue, no warmth from…
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Hope in the Waiting (Micah 5:1-5)
Introduction I’ve only ever lived in a country that has known the benefit of stable leadership and is generally good! We might not have liked the prime ministers who have led our nations over the years, nor their policies—and let’s be honest, we’re rarely enamoured with the other choices either. Yet, when an election comes,…
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Hope For the Nations (Genesis 12:1-3)
The memory of perfection is long lost, as the acts of Eden have rippled through the world and human history devastatingly. Eden’s goodness and perfection have no longer been forgotten; it has never been known. Sin has corrupted everything in the world: the ground from which the Lord provides, the animals people have been hunting…
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What is it All About? (Romans 16:25-27)
What is it all about? It can be hard to tell at this time of year, even when the saviour of the world is embedded in the name of the holiday – Christmas; it can be hard to know what it is all about. Between the chaos of trying to get presents for family and…
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The King and the beauty of his Kingdom Rule (Mark 1:29-45)
Introduction Last week’s section of Mark Chapter one finished with Jesus beginning his public ministry at the Capernaum Synagogue on the Sabbath with his four new disciples. Such was the power in the way that Jesus taught that people who had slumbered through the routine of their religiosity and faith suddenly found themselves awoke by…
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A Greater Glory Still to Come (Mark 11:1-11)
This Palm Sunday, let us look forward for the greater victory to come.
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Atr Irwin 