I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” (John 14:18) Greetings Fighter. It’s a metaphor – “I will not leave you as orphans” – but the original Greek word, ‘orphanous’, is unambiguous in its meaning. Jesus, as our loving parent, is not going to abandon us. The Amplified Bible translation conveys […]
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“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Greetings Fighter. There was a time when, as a younger man, I used to feel charged up by these words in John 14:6 – “No one comes to the Father except through me”. They
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“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.” (Psalm 23:6) Greetings Fighter. This verse from the twenty-third Psalm heralds the arrival of Shepherding Sunday. It’s celebrated each year on the fourth Sunday of Easter. It’s the day when
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“When [Jesus] was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.” (Luke 24:30-31) Greetings Fighter. We’re approaching the third Sunday of Easter – more than two weeks after our celebration of
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“But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails
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“After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and
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They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they put it on his head. They put a reed in his right hand and knelt before him and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” They spat on him, and took the reed and struck
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“Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with [Jesus].“” (John 11:16) Hi Fighter, We begin today with these rather ominous words from Thomas, one of Jesus’ disciples. Yes, it’s the same Thomas who became better known for his doubting episode after the resurrection
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“As [Jesus] walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”” (John 9:1-2) Hi Fighter, Our Gospel story this week is all about challenging the narratives – narratives about Jesus and about God, and those communal narratives that
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“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24) Hi Fighter, We begin today with some profound and surprising words from Jesus. It’s not surprising that they are profound, of course. It’s Jesus. What is surprising is that Jesus made this profound statement in dialogue with a woman
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