This is a series of seven short written reflections on Reconciliation from May 2022. The Community of Christ the Healer is committed to Reconciliation as one of the ways Jesus reveals Himself as our Saviour and Healer. “In Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the ministry of reconciliation” 2 Cor 5:19 Reconciliation brings Healing – Reflection 1/7 One of the most profound ailments of the soul, is alienation from someone we love or care about deeply – or from someone whose presence we need in our lives. Parents, […]
We have become unaccustomed – and uncomfortable – with the idea of Jesus bringing judgement. There are some old images that we do well to forget, but not the truth that Jesus is both Saviour and Judge. As Jesus enters Jerusalem we see how our compassionate judge laments as He announces the consequences of our sin: As [Jesus] came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, ‘If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. Indeed, the days will come upon you, […]
Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old; I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. – Isaiah 43 These words are read in many churches around the world today, and they are important to us in the Community of Christ the Healer. God is revealing something about His character in this prophetic picture: God does not remove the wilderness or the desert from the face of the earth – though they are harsh […]
How do we interpret the times we are in? I am not seeing a doomsday here but the sand on which we have built Western culture is being exposed as easily shifted. And exposing the false foundations of our society – in this case our pride and incessant appetite – is pretty much the definition of Biblical judgment. Come to think of it, relying on bilateral trade to keep the peace means we count on world leaders’ greed to be greater than their thirst for domination. Even if it’s been proven mostly correct for our lifetime it is a profoundly […]
7 Reflections on Reconcilaition
This is a series of seven short written reflections on Reconciliation from May 2022. The Community of Christ the Healer is committed to Reconciliation as one of the ways Jesus reveals Himself as our Saviour and Healer. “In Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the ministry of reconciliation” 2 Cor 5:19 Reconciliation brings Healing – Reflection 1/7 One of the most profound ailments of the soul, is alienation from someone we love or care about deeply – or from someone whose presence we need in our lives. Parents, […]
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We have become unaccustomed – and uncomfortable – with the idea of Jesus bringing judgement. There are some old images that we do well to forget, but not the truth that Jesus is both Saviour and Judge. As Jesus enters Jerusalem we see how our compassionate judge laments as He announces the consequences of our sin: As [Jesus] came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, ‘If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. Indeed, the days will come upon you, […]
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Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old; I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. – Isaiah 43 These words are read in many churches around the world today, and they are important to us in the Community of Christ the Healer. God is revealing something about His character in this prophetic picture: God does not remove the wilderness or the desert from the face of the earth – though they are harsh […]
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How do we interpret the times we are in? I am not seeing a doomsday here but the sand on which we have built Western culture is being exposed as easily shifted. And exposing the false foundations of our society – in this case our pride and incessant appetite – is pretty much the definition of Biblical judgment. Come to think of it, relying on bilateral trade to keep the peace means we count on world leaders’ greed to be greater than their thirst for domination. Even if it’s been proven mostly correct for our lifetime it is a profoundly […]
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