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The Magi come from afar to worship Jesus the newborn King and return to their lands with the news of the Christ, inviting us to see those who are different and strange as part of God’s plan and to see our call to love them. Recording includes God in Life testimony (at minute 23) by […]

In Isaiah 56, the prophet reveals God’s heart for the Eunuch & the Foreigner–Outcasts in Israel. A message of grace to all outcasts that also compels us to love the Stranger too.

God’s passion for justice and mercy pushes us out into a world of poverty, slavery and violence to care with God’s heart for people in hopeless darkness.

The religious leaders try to trap Jesus with a question about paying taxes to Caesar. Jesus doesn’t evade the question, he overturns it–challenging their view of Kingdoms and inviting all to come and be a part of his upside down Kingdom by giving themselves wholly and completely to God.

What is the nature of the salvation story–seeds of promise planted, waiting for the promise to come, and trusting in the outcome. It is the Advent story that is played out in the hopes of Israel and the promises made to faithful, barren and aged Zechariah and Elizabeth–that their prayers for salvation were being answered […]

In the Gospel of Luke, Caesar and Rome are set against John the Baptist and Jesus in the early chapters. The author wants us to ask who is truly king? And, where is power to be found? Through the Baptists preaching, the people of Israel, and all of us are called to prepare our hearts […]

Isaiah 56

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The Solution Isaiah 53 & 2 Corinthians 4 Matt Hemsley April 24, 2016