“He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and...
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Easter 1 – Easter and the Passover Lamb
A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. … For these things took...
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Wisdom from a man smoking weed….
Matthew 7:5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye No, I haven’t taken up recreational pot. Though the senior pastor of a London church did once tell me that, if they legalised cannabis, he wanted to be...
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Taking on the Taliban in my T-Shirt!
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armour of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. I think life should be easy. We’ve been taken in by all those adverts. So as long as we drive a Volkswagen Golf, all our journeys...
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“Does it?”
Revelation 22:18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree...
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Wardrobe worries?
Galatians 3: 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. As I write this I’m sitting in Tesco’s café. At the table next to mine is a woman with more holes in her than our colander! Now this isn’t going to be...
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Stop moaning and start groaning!
Romans 8:23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. We all love to have a good moan from time to time. Mine are usually based round the topic: “It’s not fair!” Once again...
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The Blessing of Washing Up.
Ephesians 4:11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and...
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When is norp not norp?
Ephesians 5:3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. This isn’t a post about norp. You’ll have to do the anagram. It’s just if I used the real word them I think...
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Adoption is costly…
Ephesians 1:4 In love 5 he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will– 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. So I’m cream crackered! I’ve just walked to Sainsbury’s and back with...