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God Likes Churches
God likes churches, which all by itself says a lot about the unfathomable patience of God. Church people have a bit of a reputation for challenging the limits of good sense. Carolyn MooreClick to TweetWebsite: https://artofholiness.com/the-church-is-the-hope-of-the-world-because-christ-is-the-hope-of-the-world/
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Hope of the World
There is nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. It comforts the grieving and heals the broken in the context of community. It builds bridges to seekers and opens its arms to the forgotten, the downtrodden, and the disillusioned. It breaks…
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Used car dealer!
The first is that of scarcity: either the product is in short supply (you won’t find a car like this anywhere else); the time to decide is limited (this price is good for today only); or the salesperson has access to insider information (I shouldn’t be telling you this, but…). We’ll look at how Paul uses…
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Criticise and Energise?!
But Brueggemann also reminds us that while the first task of the Biblical prophets was to criticize the old order, their second task was to energize their hearers with a hope-filled vision of the new reign of God that was to come. “The riddle and insight of biblical faith,” he writes, “is the awareness that only anguish leads to…
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Prophetic Ministry
The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture around us Walter BrueggemanClick to TweetFrom the book “The prophetic imagination” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*
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A rope
The Bible is the rope God throws us in order to ensure that we stay connected while the rescue is in progress… To moderns drowning in hopelessness, disappointed, disillusioned, despairing, emotionally isolated, bitter and aching inside, Bible truth comes asa lifeline, for it is future-oriented and hope—centred throughout. J.I. PackerClick to TweetFrom the book “Keep…
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Cloud as small as a man’s hand
Elijah’s confidence that God would answer this prayer was so great that this was all the evidence he needed. He sent the servant to advise Ahab to head for home as quickly as possible, before the storm overtook him. Torrential rain after a drought presented the likelihood of swollen streams, mudslides, and flash floods that…