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Monday Morning Mail, 23rd June 2014

By John - June 23, 2014

Yesterday morning, we started a new series in the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus begins the sermon with a dramatic statement of what the "good life" looks like. Who is living well? Who has got life sorted? Here's what Jesus said from some less-familiar translations: Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them! Congratulations to those who are mourning; they shall be consoled. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness are to be envied, because they will be filled. Congratulations to the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Happy are the pure in heart – because they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. You're blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God's kingdom. Congratulations to you when they reproach you and...

Monday Mail - 9th December 2013

By John - December 09, 2013

Loving God | Loving Each Other | Loving our Community Good Morning! Yesterday morning was the second in our three-part Advent Series, and were thinking about the difficult topic of judgement, from Revelation 20:11-21:4 . As far as I remember, my main points were: Judgement is good news " It's not fair!" is the cry of every child at some point, as as we grow up we learn that life often isn't fair, and it can never be fair in this life. Some people have awful things happen to them and there seems no compensation. Other people literally get away with murder, and in the case of a few dictators, with millions of murders. But God will bring justice. He will redress the wrongs, protect the vulnerable and punish the guilty. We see in Rev 20 that everyone will stand before God's throne in judgement. It doesn't matter if they are dead, or what happened to their body – it could be in a mausoleum, burnt to ashes or at th...