Life in Christ’s New Community | Colossians 3:12-17

. Since the beginning of the year, we’ve been looking at the signs of Jesus as presented to us in John’s Gospel. Today begins our examination of Christ’s “I am” statements. We’ll be looking at these through the Easter season. And as with Christ’s miracles, these “I am” statements reveal something about Jesus—not simply as…

Last week, we identified four distinct dechurched groups we’ve been called to engage with and I asked the Lord to grant us grace to serve as faithful servants in those mission fields. Now, as we look to today’s text, Paul gives his personal testimony on his role as a servant of the gospel. And this…

The Psalms of Ascent are Songs sung on the road trip to Jerusalem. The blessings that Godhad given to the children of Israel would have been on the forefront of the traveller going toJerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles or Passover. Notes

For those of us who grew up in church, around my age or older, perhaps you remember singing Psalm 134 in Sunday School. The melody still rings in my ear… “Come bless the Lord.. all you servants of the Lord…” Notes

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Today marks the beginning of the Eastertide season, which is the period from Easter culminating in Pentecost Sunday; when we’ll celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit. Last week we celebrated the resurrection of our Lord from the dead and bolstered our resolve to live with resurrection hope that our Lord is indeed making all…