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The Path to Salvation
In Matthew 19 Jesus leaves Galilee and goes into the region of Judea. Jesus is heading to Jerusalem and ultimately his crucifixion. Along the way Jesus gives his disciples a crash course on what the Kingdom of heaven/God is like and what it requires to be part of the kingdom. In these chapters the disciples…
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A Fellowship Rejoicing in Grace
God’s people, the church, are not simple a group of individuals that come together on occasions and then depart, instead they are a fellowship, a body, a family. But what marks this fellowship, what defines it? Yes, we eat together and spend time with each other, we support one another in our griefs and sorrows.…
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Lord of my burdens
The Psalms are the place to regularly go to so that we can find expressions for the deep cries of our hearts. We find a deep and robust relationship between many authors of the Psalms and God, plus we discover ways that they found God a source of strength in the burdens of life. In…
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Advent 2016
Christmas is here, well almost, at least it feels like it in the shops and with the December diary already packed… Advent certainly is here! Advent is supposed to be the time of preparation for Christmas—Christ’s coming. However this season seems more like a mad rush and dash attending lots of functions, maxing out the…