Resurrection and Ascension – Because He lives, we shall live also; because He was raised, so shall we be. Already Christ, the first of a new race has entered fully into the New Creation.
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In an Easter message in a Presbyterian church in Calgary, Alberta, Naheed Nenshi, a Mayor of Muslim faith who had been invited to share in the service, enjoined the congregation to never mistake co
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Every year it strikes me anew how in practically every instance when the resurrected Jesus appears to his disciples they do not recognize that it is He who is alive and well and present with them.
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I met a man from Syria who only a short time before had come to faith in Jesus Christ. In the brief time I had with him, he shared how he first encountered the Saviour.
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God’s Heaven’s near, a Throne holds sway
Close to creation’s sphere,
And there are places thin, that cry
This is God's world, His Presence near.
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Beyond the cold earth, thorns and thistles, and other seemingly impossibly insurmountable circumstances . . .
Χριστός ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη!
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A prayer for Easter Morning and for each day after, as Easter People. Join me in prayer.
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What will you do with this man?
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Every year it strikes me anew how in practically every instance when the resurrected Jesus appears to his disciples they do not recognize that it is He who is alive and well and present with them.
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We all get discouraged by life. Bad things do happen. We wonder - where is God? Why doesn't a 'loving God' do something about all this mess?! Doesn't He care?
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Holy Week reminds us of the death and resurrection of our Saviour.
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So my father's oldest sister, the only sibling remaining, is celebrating her 102nd birthday in this month of April in the year of our Lord - two thousand and seventeen.
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We love God who first loved us.
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The psalmist encourages the people of God to (Psalm 37:4) 'take delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.'
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I start with the assumption that there is a God. I don’t have enough faith to think otherwise.
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We can have it all and not feel happy or that our purpose in life has been achieved. Success is only for a moment - a whisp of time, fleeting and passing.
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I've been thinking about how, in John 12 - when the Greeks come and say: 'Sir, we would see Jesus' - that that starts the time-clock of our Saviour moving deliberately towards the Cross.
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Passion and power are linked to purpose – to knowing where you’re going; knowing what you want to do, are supposed to do.
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The Christ has died, reversed the flow
Of history, time and weal and woe;
The crimson tide that spreads its store
Has brought its cleansing to our shore.
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My father died in March of 2007. I wrote this shortly before he passed through . . .
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"Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the soil, it abides alone,” said Jesus.
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London England’s church, St. Martin’s in the Field, at one time had the following statements of belief on their website (not inclusive here): -
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I created this video to illustrate a poem (sort of) that I wrote recently (March 2017).
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I have two links with Irish roots in my family tree, from both my mother and father’s sides of the family.
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The number 40 seems to play a significant and symbolic role in Scripture. One can read too much into numbers (viz.
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Sometimes, we feel ourselves almost shut-down (or shot down) in terms of making any kind of headway, of being understood or having our pathway made straight and smooth.
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I'm not a scientist - don't pretend to be, but I've done a lot of reading over the years - about cosmology, evolution, theories of creation, climate change, and so on.
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Some thoughts from a rec room chair, on my birthday this year.
So many good gifts each morning come down
Gifts, good and perfect, for us to spread ‘round
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