May – June 2011
Even a cursory read of Paul’s letter to Titus reveals that the circumstances and issues being addressed are very familiar to the brotherhood in these last days – travelling near and far to spread the Gospel of salvation; establishing administrative arrangements and procedures in new ecclesias; e…
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Someone once said, “I can resist everything in the world except temptation”.
Why do we give in to temptations when we know it is a mistake? The reason temptations are so difficult to resist is that they are part of our nature and they come from inside us. James says that, “Everyone is tempt…
The gospel records all take us to an upper room in Jerusalem on the night before Christ died, and to a meal and an evening that he shared with his disciples.
Week by week and day by day
As an ecclesia, week by week we re-enact parts of that meal and evening when we gather together to remember …
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“Many Samaritans from that town believed on him because of the woman’s testimony” RSV
In John 4 we have the record of a Samaritan woman and her interaction with the Lord. She remains unnamed. Her identity is unimportant because she can be any one of us. There are areas of our lives that need …
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