2015-16.12 Matthew 28:19 TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2015 Hungry queue The harmony of Father, Son and Holy Spirit Matthew 28:19“…baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit….” What did Jesus mean by instructing us in this three-person formula? It is the nearest thing we have to a…
2015-13.3 2 Timothy 2:15 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015 There’s cost to being a disciple – but not condemnation Foxes have holes, but not Me and my followers, is how Jesus challenged a hesitant hearer who wanted to come on his own terms. WHO is the real Jesus? As we explore the misconceptions of various kinds…
2014-51.2 Luke 1:51-53 Tuesday, December 16, 2014 Stuck in a rut The motorcycle proficiency test calls for tight control – not easy on a big bike Luke 1:51-52He has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts… but has lifted up the humble. WE all want hope – we all want that confident expectation…
2014-31.4 Deuteronomy 8:14 Thursday, July 31, 2014 How quickly, needing God turns to forgetting God Deut. 8:14 …When your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of…
2014-20.3 Col. 1:27-28 Wednesday, May 21, 2014 The other side of “Christ in us” It’s a broken world, where true renown and magnificence of the heavenly glory kind is rarely seen – except through ordinary, submitted hope-bringers like us Yesterday we used the line “Christ in us, the hope of glory” from Tim Hughes’…
2014-20.2 Romans 8:29 Tuesday, May 20, 2014 Prototype realised – Christ in us Worship Central and HTB songwriter and worship leader Tim Hughes IT IS OFTEN asked, why do popular newspapers and the media only seem to report bad news? (In the case of media, sometimes imagined bad things happening in the lives of imagined…
2014-19.3 Matthew 6:12 Wednesday, May 14, 2014 Releasing blessing into bad history Lutheran Pastor Darius in the hall named after his great-great-great-grandfather and with the image of his great-great-grandfather, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany and King of Prussia Matthew 6:12 …Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. FOR…
2014-16.5 Romans 11:16-17 Friday, April 25, 2014 The togetherness lesson from Jesus’ appearances A rare image of the inside of Wycombe District Council Chamber – all smiles today but procedural, adversarial debate is the usual form here. Romans 11:16-17If the root is holy, so are the branches. If some of the branches have been broken…
2014-15.3 Isaiah 53:6 Wednesday, April 16, 2014 Why do we fail? KING David’s well known fall over Bathsheba, where he combined covetousness, adultery and intention to murder, just isn’t consistent with someone who was known for his dependence on God — and known as one who modelled worship. Was it rebellion, independence or negligence? When…
2014-11.5 Ephesians 1:18-20 Friday, March 21, 2014 Power up! How do you see yourself – as someone with a little old garden fork, or one of these? WE READ about Christianity in the New Testament era, but how familiar is it? How close to, or far from, our individual and church experience? The broad answer…
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