Archive for the "Redemption" Category

09.May.2010 The Miracle with No Faith

Luke 7: 11-15: Soon afterward Jesus went with his disciples to the village of Nain, and a large crowd followed him. A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village gate. The young man who had died was a widow’s only son, and a large crowd from the village was with her. When [...]

04.Apr.2010 In the Tomb

Easter Sunday
John 20:1-18 (NIV): “Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the [...]

08.Jan.2009 The Mystery of the Lineage

God uses the even the messes we make…
Matthew 1: 1-6
1 This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham:
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac.
Isaac was the father of Jacob.
Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
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08.Apr.2008 Easter – Jesus Calls us by Name

John 20 – The story of Mary Magdelene discovering Jesus had resurrected.
There are several things about this event that are so powerful, that you have to look closely and read between the lines to find them.
The first is this: Mary Magdelene was a formerly troubled woman. Her mind had been “possessed by evil”. Once [...]

16.Jan.2008 God’s Redemptive Nature

Acts 18: I love the New Year – the thought of another chance – the thought of what’s possible. There is so much hope in the air this time of year. God loves to give us another chance. The whole nature of God is redemptive. He wants to wash away the past, get our feet [...]