It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself (2 Corinthians 4:13-14).
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Equipped and sent out
The powerful Christian life: according to Ephesians
What do we do when we feel weak in the face of powerful people? Fight as hard as we can to exert our power and dominance over others? Shut down and find a bitter satisfaction in our identity as victims? In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, he speaks about a very different, but far better, way to live a life of power.
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Are you ‘Practising the Presence of God?’
What a year it has been: unexpected uncertainties, patterns and rhythms of personal and family life overturned, plans disrupted, usual ministry impossible, and new ways of ministry to learn.
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General Synod to consider legal opinions on same-sex blessings
Next year’s General Synod will consider a ruling from an Anglican tribunal saying services of blessing for same-sex marriage are constitutional, under a narrow opinion of what constitutes doctrine of the Anglican Church.
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Around the world in many contexts
Hamilton, and the drive to leave a legacy
What is the legacy we as Christians should be seeking to leave? Most of us can look at the Hamilton-esque approach and see it doesn’t fit with the call on the Christian to deny themselves and take up their cross to follow Jesus. Any concern we have for leaving a legacy should only be that of leaving a legacy to the glory of our God.
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