Why did Jesus call twelve apostles, no more, no less? These were to be the twelve founding fathers of the renewed Israel to which all believers belong.
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Read more...Paul writes to a young church to address their confusion, to encourage them in persecution and to correct the wrong thinking that was developing. Yet from his powerful descriptions of Christ’s return and the frightening events which precede it come real practical help for daily living.
Read more...Jesus appointed twelve of his disciples to be his apostles. But what is an apostle? And why should it matter to us?
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Most people in the UK don’t make a great deal of Easter these days. Christmas is a much bigger event: cards, presents, trees, decorations, special services, days of feasting. Compared with that, Easter is quite low profile. That’s true for us as a church too. Yes, we hold a service on Good Friday. Yes, we sing hymns about the resurrection on Easter Sunday. Some of us may eat hot cross buns and give the children Easter eggs. But we don’t spend weeks preparing, planning, celebrating the way we do for …
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