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THE GOOD TREEPsalm 1:1-6 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers. It may sound strange but I would love to be a tree. A healthy, well-watered tree is an ecological blessing to the surroundings. The branches …
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A NEW REALITYMark 2:1-28 Right from the outset Jesus had to battle being pigeonholed. He is not there to teach people how to be better; how to be more compliant with the Law. Something new has happened. The bridegroom is here. A new reality has arrived. But people keep making reference to the old. At …
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THE WAGES OF SINGenesis 18:1-19:38 It is hard to decide whether this week is about God’s mercy, God’s wrath or Lot’s choices. But perhaps, in the wonderful way Scripture puts these matters side-by-side, the truth is that we cannot separate them from each other. They all have a hand in determining reality. We are not …
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GOD’S GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRITActs 1:1-14 When Jesus was baptised, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him like a dove, alighting on him. Jesus, as the “pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Hebrews 12:2) and “the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the …
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A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART1 Chronicles 17:16-27 It came from good motives, this desire of David to build a Temple for God. “How can I live well while the God who has done so much for me dwells in a tent?” But the thought came from values that are not God’s values. God’s glory …
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