That Mysterious Cloud
In Christ’s ascension onto the mysterious cloud, we are gathered together into his mysterious presence.
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Jesus or the Bible? A Conflict of Authority
Following the living Jesus is the pathway to healing, integrity and life, and sometimes it comes into conflict with “following the Bible”.
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By this will they know
Outrageous love is the most obvious characteristic of Jesus, and therefore it is the one thing that will make us recognisable as his followers.
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Confronting Conversion
Conversion to the way of Jesus is not just a matter of belief, but requires a serious reckoning with our past complicity with attacks on his way.
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Rugby, Freedom, and the God of Life
When we crusade against the evil of others, we end up crusading against Jesus himself, for he asks us to become givers and lovers of life.
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By The Light Of A Rumour
We have been drawn into an unstoppable rumour that keeps interrupting the dominant story of fear, hostility and death.
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Scandal, Personal Space, and Passing the Peace
Jesus shows us that being overly cautious about the boundaries of personal space and touch can, especially in worship, risk excluding, stigmatising and humiliating people.
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Interpreting Tragedy
Jesus sets out to reshape our view of the relationships between sin, repentance and disaster, and if possible, to call us out of our spiral into global self-destruction.
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When Terror Stalks
In a world that is hell-bent on self-destruction, Jesus calls us to gather to him and to love faithfully and vulnerably with him, rather than surrendering to the hate and fear.
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Why you probably don’t need to learn more
Acknowledging and appreciating Jesus is relatively easy, but we find it much more difficult to transform our lives in conformity with his teaching.
