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In this Resurrection Sunday message on the final week of Jesus we look at the reaction and belief and nonbelief of those who saw the empty tomb. From Mary who saw it and ran wondering where they had taken Jesus. And Peter who saw it marvelled. And John who saw the emptiness and believed. 

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The footwashing of the disciples by Jesus is one of the most stunning yet misunderstood and misapplied events in the final days of Jesus. In this message we consider what the footwashing displayed, symbolized and calls Jesus' all of Jesus' disciples to. 

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 It can be hard enough to properly assess the truth of something we're looking at in a day and age where AI/"Deep Fake" technology makes it nearly impossible.  But it can be equally hard to assess the truth of something whenever we bring our various biases/preconceived ideas to bear on it.  This Sunday we'll look at the account of Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem from John's Gospel and explore the way the biases of the various players John describes as witnesses of that event skew their interpretation of it. We'll consider as well about how those same biases can skew our vision of Jesus today.

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We finish our hard sayings of Jesus series with this message and in it we go full circle by going back to John 6 which contains the verse - verse 60 - that serves as the impetus behind this series. In this final message we consider one question: if the hard sayings of Jesus cause so many to stumble and turn back, why are so many of them contained in the gospel accounts?

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Nobody likes to wait, it seems like such a waste of time. And yet, the Bible has a lot of positive things to say about waiting and the importance of waiting well. In the parable of the ten virgins Jesus reveals how we are to live in readiness of His return but how to wait well if His return is delayed. 

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This hard saying marks a time of transition. Where what the disciples of Jesus experienced previously in their ministry wouldn't be theirs going ahead. Why? What happened? This message will look at three things: what things were like before, what they could expect now, and why they should expect it. 

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This week’s message is a study of contrasts where we discover that the call of Jesus costs us everything and promises the incomprehensible in this life and the life to come. 

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In this series on the hard sayings of Jesus today's text may be the hardest. And yet, few texts better explain the person and ministry of Jesus and the call on those who are His disciples. In it we are going to see how, what and why we are to respond to our enemies as Jesus calls us to. 

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