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forgive
CS Lewis wrote in Mere Christianity “Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.” At the heart of the good news of Jesus is forgiveness! And there is no doubt that the Christian ethic and emphasis on being forgiven and then forgiving others, has influenced our western culture. Yet…
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Salvation History
While the Bible is made up of 66 books and many different human authors, it is one unified story. As we start the period of Lent, a time often of self-disciple and growth, we will be focusing on that very framework of one united story with Jesus as the hero. As Lent comes to a…
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The Emotions of Holy Week: A journey through some Psalms
The Christian life contains the full breath of the human emotions, the type of emotions that are labelled ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ (such a distinction is interesting itself!). The Psalms also contain the wide breath of human emotions, which may be embarrassing or off putting to the idea that we should only acknowledge the ‘positive’ ones…
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A Child is born who…
In the lead up to Christmas this year we are going to prepare for Jesus’ birth by looking at the prophecy about him recorded in Isaiah ch 9:6-7. We will tease out a few of the names and role of Jesus, and see just how remarkably good this promised child is…and therefore, just how great…