“Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound?” (Romans 6:1) Greetings, Fighter, “Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound?”. That may sound like a question that only a true religious nerd would ask but it’s actually something we have all thought about. In the East they call it […]
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“And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.” (Romans 5:3-5) Greetings, Fighter, This maxim
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“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Greetings Fighter. There was a time when, as a younger man, I used to feel charged up by these words in John 14:6 – “No one comes to the Father except through me”. They
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“When [Jesus] was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.” (Luke 24:30-31) Greetings Fighter. We’re approaching the third Sunday of Easter – more than two weeks after our celebration of
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“But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails
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They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they put it on his head. They put a reed in his right hand and knelt before him and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” They spat on him, and took the reed and struck
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“Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with [Jesus].“” (John 11:16) Hi Fighter, We begin today with these rather ominous words from Thomas, one of Jesus’ disciples. Yes, it’s the same Thomas who became better known for his doubting episode after the resurrection
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“As [Jesus] walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”” (John 9:1-2) Hi Fighter, Our Gospel story this week is all about challenging the narratives – narratives about Jesus and about God, and those communal narratives that
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“The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” (Matthew 4:3) Yes, we are in Lent. For those who don’t know what Lent is, it’s the forty-day period leading up to Easter. Historically, it’s always been a special time to reflect on
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