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I Will Follow You Wherever You Go

Luke 9:51-62 26 April 2020 “When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.” With those words, Luke tells us that Jesus’ ministry on this earth is drawing to a close. Jesus has a single purpose now, and that is to get himself to Jerusalem, […]

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Epistles

A Gushing Exclamation of Praise!

19 April 2020 1 Peter 1:1-9 This is a passage that absolutely gushes with joy and excitement and enthusiasm. It is all over the place with bubbly gratitude to God for what is going on in our lives right now, and for what lies ahead of us in the eternal realms. These are the words […]

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Peace Replaces Security

12 April 2020 John 20:19-31 It is evening on the first day of the week, and the disciples of Jesus have cloistered themselves away in a very secure hiding place. It is quite possible that this hiding place is the very same upper room where Jesus had celebrated his last Passover with them only a […]

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And the Lent Goes On

James 3:13-18 5 April 2020 Today would have been Palm Sunday. Actually, according to the calendar, it still is Palm Sunday. But because of the coronavirus, we have entered in to what I’m calling an extended period of Lent. When the time comes, and when we can once again all gather together in safety, we […]