GUEST POST: This is a homily delivered by Mackenzie Steele at All Saints Church of Christ on April 2, 2017. Thanks, Mackenzie! ****** There are two realities present in the season of Lent: One, I am a broken person dependent upon God for redemption. Two, the world is a broken place, created for good and […]
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
The twentieth century is too familiar with valleys of dry bones. The images of stacked bodies from Nazi concentration camps, churches filled with the bones of those who sought sanctuary in Rwanda, or the killing fields of Cambodia. Unfortunately, with the help of media and the horrific inhumanity of recent times, we can all too […]
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“God saw all that he had made and it was very good” (Genesis 1:31a). “….Cursed are you above all the livestock….Cursed is the ground…” (Genesis 3:14a, 17b). God created order, life and light out of a chaotic, inanimate and dark earth. By divine act, life emerged from nothingness, light appeared in the darkness, and order […]
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Posted by John Mark Hicks