When Peter returned to Jerusalem with stories of Gentile inclusion and Spirit-led transformation, he didn’t come with arguments—he came with a testimony. In a world quick to judge and slow to listen, this story from Acts 11 reminds us that God often moves in surprising ways, and our calling is not to control the narrative, but to listen well, discern wisely, and love boldly. The Persistent Kingdom is advancing—will we have ears to hear?

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Today, we are picking up where we left off last Sunday in considering God’s great, on-going, never-forgotten project in the world, yet we recognize that things are not yet as they should be.

Creation, history, our own stories—they’re all marked by the fact that we know things are not yet right in our lives or in the world, but we often have no idea how to start putting things to right, so, more often than not, we don’t.

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Even now, creation groans — not in despair, but in hope. In Romans 8, Paul reminds us that the earth itself remembers the weight of the fall and the promise of freedom. We, too, remember. Like the Israelites in the wilderness and like Paul on the road to Damascus, we live in the tension between what has been and what is yet to come. This week, we explore the sacred ache of waiting — and the persistent hope that God’s redemption is still unfolding, for us and for the world.

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On Easter Sunday we celebrated the decisive battle between life and death being fought and won. Sin and death have been dismantled through the victory of the cross and resurrection. 

The cross and the empty tomb have marked the turning point in history. And yet—we still see the shadows. Injustice still has its soldiers. Death still shows its teeth. Evil isn’t going down without a fight. Yes, Christ has risen! But now what?

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Today, we hear the ongoing story of new creation; a new heavens, a new earth, a world where tombs are empty, and tears are wiped away, and death doesn’t get the final word.

Today, we stand with Mary in the morning damp grass. We listen for our name. And we dare to believe that resurrection is not only for Jesus—but for us. For our lives. For our world. 

Today, Christ is risen—and everything is being made new.

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Re-living the final hours of Jesus’ life is important. It helps bring into focus the miraculous victory the Father, the Son, and the Spirit enacted through overcoming the cruel cross and defeating the powers of sin and death once and for all.

It’s also important to realize that the victory enacted in these events are part of Jesus’s life and ministry. In other words, Jesus’ death on the cross is not disconnected from His life.

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God chose to dwell among us for a purpose; to bring life where once there was death, to bring healing where there was once brokenness, to bring hope where there was once only despair, to bring light into the darkness.

This week Jesus reminds us that God is not a distant deity, unmoved by suffering or sorrow, but a suffering servant who walks with us into the ache of the world—and changes everything.

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This week we hear the dramatic story of Mary of Bethany and the anointing of Jesus, and the story of the humble widow with her simple offering of two copper coins. Two women extravagantly worshiping God in two very different ways.

As we step into the final days of Lent and enter into the drama of the Passion of Christ in Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter, may we do so with the extravagance shown by these two saints.

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Paul had a divine encounter on the Damascus Road (Acts 9) and nothing was ever the same. It caused him to see himself and others in an entirely different way. He writes, “From now on we regard no one from a human point of view” (2 Cor. 5:16).  

Lent is not merely a season of fasting—it is a season of being made new. It is not just about being forgiven—it is about being made new. It is true that forgiveness wipes the slate clean, but what about newness? Newness rewrites the story. Newness re-orients our hearts, re-shapes our desires, and re-trains our eyes to see the world as God sees it. May we be made new!

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The story of humanity and God tells us that two kingdoms exist in our world; the kingdom of God identified by life, goodness, beauty and love, and the kingdom of the world marked by death, confusion, darkness, and oppression.

God is reminding us that the kingdom of the world tempts us with empty wells—things that seem satisfying but ultimately leave us dry—while Christ offers us a kingdom of living streams that quench the thirst of our souls.

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