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Abide | Living In Abundance to the End
As we learn to receive life from the vine more fully and completely, we are invited to reflect on what we have been given that we might use for the sake of others, and how fear might be causing us to protect ourselves...
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Abide | Hospitality & Forgiveness
We continue our Abide series by exploring hospitality and forgiveness in Jesus' parables. Forgiveness is the first movement of hospitality in the Kingdom. If we can't forgive, we cut ourselves off from Jesus' teaching...
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Abide | The Almost Allegorical Parable of the Extravagant Father
We continue our Abide series with the Parable of the Prodigal Son or, as we are focusing on what parables say about the nature of God, the Parable of the Extravagant Father.It is so easy to see ourselves in multiple...
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Abide | The Parables of the Shepherd's Joy & the Joy of the Woman
We continue our Abide series with two parables as we see the activity of Christ contrasting with the activity of religious people. Whereas religion is the mechanism of excluding those who won't behave in order to...
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Abide | The Parables of the Mustard Seed & the Yeast
We continue our Abide series with the parables of the mustard seed and the yeast found in Matthew 13. Hope is essential for our wholeness and is the vehicle that carries us to the power of the truth of God's Kingdom....
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Abide | The Parable of the Really Bad Farmer
We continue our Abide series with the parable of the sower or, more accurately, the parable of the really bad farmer. Only God would sow seed the way this farmer does, with no selection criteria for where the seed is...
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Abide | The Vine & the Branches, Old & New Wineskins
Together, we journey through the parables of Jesus, learning how to abide in Him. To "abide" sounds almost un-American, but we will seek out the paradigm-busting truths in Jesus' teachings to abide in Him, taking part...
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HEROES | The Journey
In our final week exploring the Heroes of the faith, we look at the Book of Hebrews as a presentation of our family history to the persecuted church. The letter to the Hebrews normalizes hardship as it relates to...
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HEROES | Elijah
We continue our exploration of stories of faith as participation in the story of the Kingdom. Looking back at history, we know Jesus fulfilled the hope of the Old Testament. But the heroes highlighted in Hebrews 11...
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HEROES | Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego
When danger and trial present themselves in our lives, where do we turn? Our Hebrews 11 heroes this week, Daniel and the trio of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, are great examples of keeping our eyes fixed on God. As...
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HEROES | Jephthah & David
Jephthah and David could not have been more different in their leadership perspectives, but God used them both to further His Kingdom, and they are both included in the list of heroes in Hebrews 11. Trusting God to...
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HEROES | Barak & Samson
We continue our Summer of Heroes, hearing two more family stories that have been passed down through generations. Barak and Samson weren't exactly upstanding gentlemen, but they are heroes of the faith because they...
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