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John 11:1-45

I was recently watching a television show on which the main character was experiencing some difficulties: he’d just discovered that his marriage was falling apart, his job was in jeopardy, and everything he’d known was turned upside-down. He gets in the car, tears in his eyes, and starts the engine. He hears a preacher on the radio: “God’s only limited by what we believe! So I want you to believe that you can become all that God’s created you to be. You can overcome any addi

Katie Savage

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Ezekiel 37:1-14

Phantasmagoric. I only get to use this word infrequently and typically only when discussing Ezekiel. The visions of Ezekiel are truly unlike any visions of his contemporaries. Illusory. Dreamlike. Fantastic. And yet, the phantasmagoric features do not make them false. Perhaps it makes them the most bold among all the proclamations we have from the Biblical Prophets. Ezekiel’s prophetic activity is characterized by Ezekiel’s experience of great turmoil when he and others

Marty Alan Michelson

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Romans 8:6-11

The apostle talks about two scenarios, the first being where one sets his or her mind to the flesh (Rom. 8:6) and the other where one sets his or her mind on the Spirit. (Rom. 8:6, 9). Verse 6 is a continuation of verse 5 which has already spoken of two lives, one for those who live according to the flesh with the mindset on things of the flesh and another for those who live according to the Spirit with their minds set on things of the Spirit. (Rom. 8:5) Paul goes on to des

Gift Mtukwa | Professor

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Psalm 130

“Out of the depths…” Some of us are very familiar with the depths. We’ve spent many a dark night crying out to God from places of despair, guilt, and regret. Psalm 130 meets us in this humble place, gently guiding our gaze upward, to watch for the dawn of God’s coming, to hope with Israel, knowing that we are eternally loved, and will be redeemed. This really is a perfect psalm for Lent, especially as we’re nearing its end. If we’re practicing Lent faithfully, we have allowe

Jennifer Chapman

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Call to Worship: Charles Wesley One: Blessed be God. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. + Many: And blessed be God's Kingdom, now and forever. Amen. One: O God, you called us by name to come, and we respond with delight and gladness Many: In joyful obedience, we come to worship our God. One: Rising out of the depths of despair, we gratefully gather for worship. Many: In joyful hope, we come to worship our loving God. One: Our God had given us a new song of praise to sing to our Aw

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