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United in a Resurrection Like His
1. Hope of a Meaningful Life The gospel is God’s promise that our life, values, actions, the cross, death, and resurrection in some way will follow a pattern of Jesus’. Christ’s life/death/resurrection is the hope of a meaningful/purposeful life – along with Christ, in the current creation as well as
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Back to the Jesus Way
1. Why Many Genuine People Stay Out of Church One of the reasons many genuine people stay out of the church is because the “church” has become an institutionalized organized religion – an environment in which many self-serving people thrive. How did Jesus counter this phenomenon? 2. True Moral Standards
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Farewell Discourse of Jesus – IV (Overcoming the World)
1. Overview This is part 4 in the series on the ‘Farewell discourse of Jesus’ (this study series covers from John chapters 13 to 17). Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 covered John 13, John 14 and John 15 respectively. This article (part 4) covers John 16. John 16
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Rewards for Truly Faithful Service
1. Sacrificially Serving The followers of Jesus are called to sacrificially serve one another (1 Peter 4:10). The motive and the heart behind the acts of service/giving that we may do, is more than the act of service itself. It is possible to do acts of service with a self-serving