The kingdom is within us. This is true because the kingdom is God’s rule, so there’s something very hopeful that as it is implanted in us it is sure to […]
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Because the kingdom is fundamentally changing the world we live in as well as ourselves, the kingdom is disruptive. It says ‘no’ to the status quo and confronts our view […]
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It’s not just the world that’s flawed. We are flawed. We all suffer with ignorance, error, sickness, death, and sin. We want the world put right but we’re part of […]
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Just as there are no spectators in the life of the church, so too there is no member that is not essential. The church is comprised of various members with […]
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Our beliefs about Christ may give us a freedom that others do not have. This is a good thing as far as it goes, however there is a danger that […]
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The presence of the church in the world and each of us in our relationships have a sanctifying quality to them. This means that by being ambassadors of Christ we […]
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Where there are people now in Christ Jesus there is new creation present. We have been translated from this life into the life to come and as a result we […]
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The very nature of the gospel of Jesus is at odds with the world’s understanding, philosophy and religion. The cross of Christ each of us to release our claims before […]
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Doing good or works of mercy is not only about physical needs—it’s about all needs! Wesley lived at a time when the Church was in spiritual decline and often members […]
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John Wesley famously said “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all […]
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Jesus, you have elevated us through your love. Now all peoples will call us blessed, for our hearts are yours and yours’ is ours.
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Jesus, can this be true? Are we truly the delight of your eyes? If we are beautiful it is because your love has made us so!
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Jesus, we search for you, hoping to even just catch a glimpse. We will not let you go, for our love is not fleeting.
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Jesus, we long for you, to behold your beauty, fully belonging to you. All our responsibilities seem like drudgery as we dream of life with you.
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Defeat is swallowed up in victory, death is swallowed up in life; the gates of the realm of the dead (hades) will not prevail against God’s assembled people because Jesus [&hell...
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How does God come to us? Not in wrath, not in raw power, but lowly riding on the colt of a donkey. The king comes but with peace not war […]
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C. S. Lewis talks about a mistake we all make; we glimpse something in a sunset, for example, or a piece of music and it reminds us of a longing, […]
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