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Jesus is coming back… are we SURE we want that?
Advent is about hope. True. It is about holding on in the darkness. True. There is the focus on Jesus coming again, and that has a lot of sentimentality for us in the West. We feel relieved because of all our perceived slights over the years. (The government is coming to get us, silence us, make us quit saying “Merry…
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Happy New Year!
My journey into Anglicanism began years ago as a Pentecostal pastor learning from Lutheran ministers in my town and attending a Lutheran seminary. I am grateful for the streams of faith that bring me along as I follow Christ.
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Why Pentecostals Should Observe Advent
I am a slow learner. Over the past decade I have worked to understand the liturgical year more and incorporate key elements into my Pentecostal ministry. I am still learning. (The upside of that is I will probably die while I’m still learning something.)
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Advent Reading — When Jesus is coming back
Advent reading over the years has deepened my thinking about the Second Coming than any Hal Lindsey or Tim LaHaye book… or all of them combined. Those Thief in the Night or Left Behind movies can’t deepen my sense of anticipation for the Second Coming like steady doses of Advent reading year after year.
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Longing for his coming
Advent is a reminder of the longing for Messiah the first time. Advent is also a reminder to stir up longing in our hearts for him to come again.
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Soon
There my soul will be satisfied. Soon and very soon.
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The King is Returning
I am preaching on 1 Thess. 4:13-18. Part of what stirs my heart is singing about the coming of the Lord. Songs that also create longing to simply see Jesus.
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The Anticipation of the Season
32 “But nobody knows when that day or hour will come, not the angels in heaven and not the Son. Only the Father knows. 33 Watch out! Stay alert! You don’t know when the time is coming. 34 It is as if someone took a trip, left the household behind, and put the servants in charge, giving each one a job to do, and told…
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He’s Coming
The fourth Sunday of Advent. The longing for the Savior to come. I think of Simeon and his longing for God. God favored him with seeing Messiah before Simeon passed from this earth. Simeon longed for the Kingdom of God. Advent. Longing. He’s coming… How I long to see him whom my soul loves. He’s coming…
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Why is Deception So Easy?
Part of the Advent Reading is in 2 Thessalonians. Today’s reading in 2 Thess. 2:1-12. The question here is this: Why is deception so easy? Paul writes encouragement to the Thessalonians because he wants them to know what is truth. He lets them know they don’t have to be so easily conned in this game of, “Here comes Messiah.” I can certainly understand…
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