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First Miracle for the New Year!

John 2:1-11 What do you make of this miracle?  In John we will see the miracles of raising the dead, stilling the storm, healing the blind and lame, and cleansing the lepers.  But this miracle doesn’t seem to fit.  The first miracle for the “Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world”, …

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Judgement—Not Judgementalism

John 1:19-34 Each of the Gospels has John the Baptist as the introducer of Jesus as the Christ.  As we begin our adventure into the Gospel of John, it is significant how John the Baptist identifies Jesus.  He is “the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the whole world!”  This is the …

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Prayer for Advent

Here is a prayer that lifted me up for the hope of Christmas from the Daly Prayer App: There is a world out there that is oversupplied with theories and technology, but drastically undersupplied with hope.  You however, like Christ, are tomorrow’s people, those who know the future is pregnant with promise and hope. This …

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“Joy Without Price”

Isaiah 55An Invitation to Abundant Life Slavery is a word that causes a strong response in the emotions of most people today.  Yet, there is a type of slavery that we do not consider, that is “wage slave.”  These are individuals that are bound to a system of surviving only paycheck to paycheck; facing extended …

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