The End of the World!

Well, not really…but kinda.
Our lessons this last week had a ‘end of the world’ flair and some people took it literally — both in the texts and the study groups I was in. Our Old Testament Lesson was taken from Malachi:
Malachi 4.5-6. Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great [...]

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Affirmations

I like it when I get affirmations about things I see in the Scriptures. A couple of examples of this took place this last week.
First, in Education for Ministry (EfM), Year One is reading the Old Testament (or Jewish Scriptures). Our lesson was over the call and covenant of Abraham. Well, the [...]

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Ministry of Reconciliation — Part 4

The Gateway of Hope
Previously we have learned that the ministry of reconciliation has (at least) four parts: 1) definition; 2) reconciling ourselves to God; and 3) reconciling with other people. In this fourth and final part we will be looking at how we can be reconciled with all of creation.
Before we can see where [...]

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