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Desmond Ford

February 2, 1929 – March 11, 2019

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    "Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs" (1 Timothy 6:10).

    August 1, 2018

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    Ron Allen

    We suppose that it is within the scope of our ability to find out truth, and having discovered it, realize freedom by our own wits. Jesus' perspective is the opposite. He alerts us to the fact that truth is personal, and just as we can never know a fellow human being w...

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    "Jesus replied, 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified'" (John 12:23).

    July 31, 2018

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    Ron Allen

    Jesus contemplates his arrest and execution when he speaks these words.  It is not what we would expect: this idea of honor and elevation through suffering. Everyone abhors humiliation, pain and death.  Jesus invites us into the great mystery.  It is God's glory that h...

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    "In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials" (1 Peter 1:6).

    July 30, 2018

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    Ron Allen

    What could possibly be grounds for rejoicing in a circumstance of 'grief and all kinds of trials.'  The answer precedes this verse: Jesus is raised from the dead. as Messianic King his people participate in his victory. The worst possible suffering is therefore diluted...

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    " . . . He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish . . . " (1 Peter 1:3).

    July 29, 2018

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    Ron Allen

    Christ's return from the dead was not just a change in his personal fortunes. His resurrection contains everyone else's.  Like Adam, Jesus is the bearer of all humanity.  God rebirths the world in him. Peter is jubilant because he sees that Christ--and his people have...

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    "Simon Peter asked him, 'Lord, where are you going?' Jesus replied, 'Where I am going you cannot follow now, but you will follow later'" (John 13:36).

    July 28, 2018

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    Ron Allen

    We want God to travel at our speed. We want him to get his work done within our short attention span.  However it is reassuring to know that though our hopes are not yet completed, we have not fallen out of God's intentions. God will realize his dream; then we will rea...

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    "Though you have not seen him you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy" (1 Peter 1:8).

    July 27, 2018

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    Ron Allen

    The first disciples did see Jesus and knew him personally after the crucifixion. By means of their remembrance and reports of their encounter, it has been possible for millions since to come to know him. Through the agency of his Spirit we too learn to love him, to ado...

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    "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am" (John 14:3).

    July 26, 2018

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    Ron Allen

    Jesus'  'awayness' from his disciples is not his indifference to them. Their interests are being served. Christ's apparent absence anticipates a future that includes us.  God has made us for himself. He desires our company, and he will have it.

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    "It was revealed to them that were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel . . . " (1 Peter 1:12).

    July 25, 2018

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    Ron Allen

    Men and women of faith who walked the earth in ages past were serving us as well as their contemporaries. Our apprehension of God is not self-generated. Long ago, God was building into human lives, ideas, convictions and anticipations which would bless posterity. We al...

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    "If you really knew me, you would know my father as well" (John 14:7).

    July 24, 2018

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    Ron Allen

    Thomas had been hanging around Jesus for quite a while but didn't 'really' know him. Only later did the disciples realize the true identity of their friend.  It is possible to be acquainted with Jesus and still not see God revealed in him.  All that we can, or need to...

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    "Like newborn babies crave pure spiritual milk so that you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good" (1 Peter 2:2,3).

    July 23, 2018

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     The universe often seems indifferent and mean. There are glimpses of generosity and kindness, but these seem like a trick to get our hopes up before dashing them again.  To encounter Jesus is to meet unequivocal goodness--milk for nurture and flourishing; salvation to...

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    "Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs" (1 Timothy 6:10).

    August 1, 2018

    "Jesus replied, 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified'" (John 12:23).

    July 31, 2018

    "In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials" (1 Peter 1:6).

    July 30, 2018

    " . . . He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can nev...

    July 29, 2018

    "Simon Peter asked him, 'Lord, where are you going?' Jesus replied, 'Where I am going you cannot follow now, but you will follow late...

    July 28, 2018

    "Though you have not seen him you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and g...

    July 27, 2018

    "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am" (John 14:3).

    July 26, 2018

    "It was revealed to them that were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have pr...

    July 25, 2018

    "If you really knew me, you would know my father as well" (John 14:7).

    July 24, 2018

    "Like newborn babies crave pure spiritual milk so that you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good" (1...

    July 23, 2018

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