A life that knows the power of the resurrection of Jesus will experience growth in character through both joy and pain according to Dale Ralph Davis: You remember what Paul says in Philippians 3 in that marvellous verse, ‘That I may know him and the power of the resurrection’ (v. 10). What does that involve? …

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Dale Ralph Davis writes about the novel insistence of Yahweh that his people have no other gods, and what that reveals about Yahweh and the way he relates to his people. Whoever heard of a god who demanded exclusive loyalty? There was no so-called god or goddess in the whole ancient near east who demanded …

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Songs of preparation: O Praise The LORD, Jerusalem, Give Thanks and Amazing Grace. Prayer of adoration and confession: Thankful to God for His work of creation; sorrowful, but profoundly thankful, for that within ourselves that made God’s work of recreation through Christ necessary. Song of assurance, affirmation, doxology: The Family Prayer Song, the Apostles’ Creed, …

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