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But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many…Mark 10.43-45 “But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:..” This…

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes…Psalm 119.83 “For I am become like a bottle in the smoke…” Bottles during the days of the psalmist were made of animal skin, and the people had a tradition of hanging the newly created bottles over firey chimneys to harden them. The effects of the heat would shrink the bottles, while the smoke would blacken them, and…

Image credit: The Holy Spirit coming from both the Father and the Son, detail of the Boulbon Altarpiece, c. 1450. Originally from the high altar of the Chapelle Saint-Marcellin, Boulbon, France, now in the Louvre, Paris. I squatter in the catacombs of remembrance. grinding my bones with pumice and chalk for a fine bone dust to clean the vellum bindings of my soul’s revisions.  The scars glitter…

In the third part of our series of sermons entitled 'Kingdom Life', we come to understand the 'Kingdom Power' that is necessary to live this life. This power is available through the Holy Spirit, and is foundational to realising the 'Kingdom Life' that we are hopelessly incapable of living in our own power. This sermon is available at https://www.preachtheword.com now in MP3 audio and text formats...

In the third part of our series of sermons entitled 'Kingdom Life', we come to understand the 'Kingdom Power' that is necessary to live this life. This power is available through the Holy Spirit, and is foundational to realising the 'Kingdom Life' that we are hopelessly incapable of living in our own power. This sermon is available at https://www.preachtheword.com now in MP3 audio and text formats...