Tag: Reformation
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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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What Shall We Do? ( Pentecost 2 | Acts 2:14-41)
Lord, Messiah, Risen King — What Will You Do With Him? Introduction Sitting in a community space during the week, I found myself listening to a fascinating discussion. A group of vintage men were chatting about life, life lessons and all the other fruits of their experience. It was surreal just to listen as they…
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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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Through the Lens of Grace: Knowing and Experiencing God (1 Kings 8:22-30)
I have used this moment before, but it captures something so well and is so important. A few years ago, on a cold, dark, dull winter evening in Northern Ireland, I had pulled into the Garage to get some of the bare necessities from the Shop. It was one of those nights when you did…
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Identifying Jesus (Mark 3:20-35 )
Introduction The pace of Mark’s account of the life and ministry of Jesus is relentless. There never seems to be a moment to rest or process all that is going on with Jesus and around him. Mark is a man of life detail, so when he records it, it is always worth noting and considering.…
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Living Letters of Grace (2 Cor. 3:1-6)
This passage discusses how the apostle Paul defends his ministry and message to the Corinthian church, emphasizing that their transformed lives serve as his endorsement, not earthly recommendations. He reminds them that their sufficiency comes from God, and they are living witnesses of the Gospel’s transformative power, called to reflect God’s love and grace to…
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Atr Irwin 