The Failure of Failure
Jesus died an apparent failure, but in his resurrection, the failure’s power over us is broken for ever.
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Do you believe this?
Jesus calls us to believe that he is the resurrection and the life, not just in theory, but in relation to everything that is dead or dying within us.
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Healing those blinded by sin
Jesus subverts our concepts of sin and offers to open our eyes and free us from it all.
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Quenching Our Thirst
Our deepest thirst will never be satisfied by cautious morality and religious compliance, but it will be abundantly quenched when we drink deeply of the living water of joyous intimacy that Jesus pours out freely.
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Shortcuts and Hard Yards
Lent is a recurring reminder of the fragility of our discipleship in the face of tempting shortcuts and instant gratifications.
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The Church Facing Judgement
While the final judgement of each individual is rightly left to God, we are called to ensure that we are found to be loving, merciful and trustworthy by the world around us.
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Utopian Nonsense (or the way of Jesus)?
Although often dismissed as utopian nonsense, Jesus’s teachings about non-retaliation and love of enemies are the key to the salvation of the world.
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Who Lit the Fires of Hell?
We make a devilish mistake when we project the origins of hell onto God. Jesus calls us to follow him into a new way of life that will save us from plunging into the hells of our own making.
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Not Clever Enough
The world finds the message of Jesus almost incomprehensible because it seems too simplistic and unrealistic to be taken seriously.
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Bloody Sacrifices
Jesus did not come to be the ultimate sacrifice that would appease God, but to show us, once and for all, that God does not want sacrifices at all, but lives of love, mercy and compassion.
