All things new – from palms to the cross and the death of the King

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Bible reading: Luke 19:28-40 (NIVUK) Jesus comes to Jerusalem as king 28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 ‘Go to the village ahead of you, and […]

All things new – Jesus the gospel and the Kingdom of God

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Bible reading: Luke 4:14-21 (NIVUK) Jesus rejected at Nazareth 14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15 He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. 16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went […]

All things new – Jesus and the new creation

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Bible readings: John 1:1-5 (NIVUK) The Word became flesh 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life […]

All things new – from promised land to slavery, exile and the hope for new life

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Bible reading: Hosea 1 (NIVUK) 1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel: Hosea’s wife and children 2 When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the […]

All things new – from slavery to the Promised Land

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Bible readings (NIVUK): Exodus 13:20-22 20 After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. 21 By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel […]

All things new – decreation and the distortion of the image

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Bible reading: Genesis 3 (NIVUK) The fall 3 Now the snake was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say, “You must not eat from any tree in the garden”?’ 2 The woman said to the snake, ‘We may eat fruit from the […]

All things new – creation and the image of God

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Bible reading: Genesis 1:1-2 (NIVUK) The beginning 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. 4 God saw […]

All things new – an introduction

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Bible Reading: Mark 1:1-15 (NIVUK) John the Baptist prepares the way 1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,  2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you,     who will prepare your way’ – 3 ‘a voice of one calling in the wilderness, […]

Blessed are those whose delight….

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Bible reading: Psalm 1 (NIVUK) 1 Blessed is the one     who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take     or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,     and who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is […]

Taking gathered church confidence into our scattered world

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Bible readings: Hebrews 3:13-14 (NIVUK) 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called ‘Today’, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end. Hebrews 10:24-25 (NIVUK) 24 And let us […]