Tag: inspiration
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Listen For It: Save Your
Faith isn’t just about pursuing life after death, but life before death. This sermon explores a healing and a girl raised back to life from Mark 5:21-43 and invites us to consider Jesus’ role as Saviour in our daily lives, especially in moments of pain and desperation.
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Is this the sermon demons don’t want you to hear?
What “doorways” do we open which give permission to the demonic to function in our lives? What practices help us live freely and victoriously in Christ? This sermon (also released as a podcast episode), explores the confusing and alarming story in Mark 5:1-20, and helps us answer questions about the demonic. It’s a much-neglected topic.…
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If you want to actually be like Jesus
Christians agree that we want to be “like Jesus.” But if we want to actually be like Jesus, we have to know what Jesus is actually like. Many of us have blind spots. This sermon (also released as a podcast episode) explores Mark 4:35-41 and the stilling of the storm. It’s an opportunity to answer…
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Why was I born?
Are we here by chance, or is there a greater purpose? This sermon explores Jesus’ words in Mark 4:1-20 to provide an answer. As good soil for God, we were born to bless.
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Recovering the lost art of porch-sitting and the evening constitutional
This episode is the audio version of an article co-authored with Sarah Joy Covey. It is about finding simple ways to pause, reflect and regroup which can help do away with the lingering disquiet that persists after the pandemic.
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10 Unpopular Things Jesus Said
This is Part 2 of 2. Part 1 was10 popular things Jesus said. In Part 2 I look at 10 un-popular things he said. His words are full of inspiration and hope! — and also challenge and warning. All of them are true. Let’s do some thinking: Do we like following a certain version of…
