The Church is not the Kingdom of God but its concerns are just as wide as the Kingdom - i.e. its being comprised of ambassadors and agents of God in the restortion of all Creation.
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Okay, so it's been a real hot - too hot Summer.
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Sometimes it's good just to take a few moments, to pause and consider again the goodness of God in the beauty of creation around us.
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Global warming exists - but there are many myths about why, who caused it and what we could possibly do about it.
This movie might help to give some perspetive.
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Sir Isaac Newton was one of the greatest geniuses of all time with his work in mathematics, physics and astronomy laying the foundations of much of modern science.
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A very technical magazine included a drawing of a sunflower seed pattern, with drawings illustrating a complex engineering principle.
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Theologians and scholars discuss Jewish and Christian approaches to understanding Genesis One.
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We are to grow up into Christlikeness, the goal of being new creatures in Jesus. But what does that mean in terms of the New Creation.
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"The sky has changed!" declare the indigenous peoples of the North, the Inuit.
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Read I Corinthians 15: 1-11
We are privileged to share the Gospel, but what – and how much, are we to say?
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We want to share with others, through word and deed, in all the various ways in which the Good News of Jesus can be passed on to others.
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We listen to God, we hear God speak, through Scripture, by prayer and by attending (listening) to our life.
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Now those who’d been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was martyred in Jerusalem, traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch in Syria,
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A few years ago, Jane and I went with another couple to share a short voyage on the tall ship, Kajama, which is docked and sails out and about Toronto Harbour.
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(The script is similar to the above SoundCloud recording)
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Here is a podcast that includes some of my thoughts on Creation and Re-Creation.
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Everything in all creation is part of - and is to be subject to God’s purposes and plans.
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In "Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church," (HarperOne), Canon N.T. Wright claims that God is redeeming THIS creation.
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I wonder if there's a similarly of thought to ponder if one exchanges the word 'country' (in the following quote) for 'Kingdom.' Consider then the words of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), as he
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Can one local church possibly reach, reflect and respond to all the different kinds of people around it?
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As a Christian, I believe that all of us who live on planet earth ought to be the best stewards of the gift of this blue and green planet as we possibly can be.
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