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Fix your thoughts on Jesus

Over and over again we need to hear, “Fix your thoughts on Jesus” because we so easily look elsewhere. Not a few may assume that there is some bigger and deeper reality of God that is above and beyond Jesus. … Continue reading

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The Shy One

Some have referred to the Holy Spirit as the shy member of the Trinity. He is happy to remain hidden as he shines his light on the Son and the Father through the Son. He wants to remain hidden for … Continue reading

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He Shall Glorify Me

The Spirit’s passion and purpose is to glorify Jesus within us and among us. The Spirit doesn’t show us the glory with the result that we are detached spectators staring at the glory. Spirit is within and among us and … Continue reading

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Union with Jesus in the Spirit

Just before Jesus went to the cross he said that he would ask the Father to give us another just like himself. This other one would be with us forever. True to his word, Jesus received the Spirit from his … Continue reading

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God wins by losing

“We all love stories of triumph, and we want to be on the winning side, but God does not defeat his enemies in the way we might anticipate. In fact, God subverts human triumphalism in that he wins by losing” … Continue reading

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The Great Turnaround

Jesus promised life in fullness, but he was himself brutally executed. It seemed like death had the last word. However, death is not the end of the Jesus story. For by the Spirit, the Father raised Jesus from death declaring … Continue reading

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Obedient Unto Death

Before the world was made, the Son was always with his Father enjoying joyful communion in the Spirit. However, the Son was chosen to be God with us as one of us. And in obedience to his Father, he came … Continue reading

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The freedom and glory of the children of God.

In Romans 8: 19-23 Paul says creation is like a person yearning for something big in the future. What is creation eagerly longing for? It awaits the revealing of the children of God.  In God’s new world to come, the … Continue reading

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The freedom and glory of the children of God.

In Romans 8: 19-23 Paul says creation is like a person yearning for something big in the future. What is creation eagerly longing for? It awaits the revealing of the children of God.  In God’s new world to come, the … Continue reading

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When the set time was fully come

Even before God created the world his purpose for us was adoption. And when the set time was fully come God acted to fulfil his purpose by sending his Son. (Galatians 4.4-5). The Father and Son enjoyed love relationship with … Continue reading

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