Today's Devotions

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Showcase: Assorted Treats

  • Christ's Paradigm: a movie review of Luther +

    Luther, 2003. Powerfully presents     the way that Christ can work to transform individuals who are willing to conform Read More
  • Best of EM Bounds on Prayer +

    This is a compilation of some of the writings by E.M. Bounds. I've read a fair amount of books on Read More
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Reflection

Praying The Beatitudes, Part 1 by Sylvia Gunter

SylviaThe Beatitudes are the radical new order of blessedness initiated by the new covenant signed in the blood of Jesus. They are not the Scriptural equivalent of your mama's admonition to "be sweet." They outline the new way of the kingdom that Jesus said we should seek above all else (Matt. 6:33). It is a tall order to be like Jesus, like His compassion, His humility, His longing for the Father's glory.

Read more: Praying The Beatitudes, Part 1 by Sylvia Gunter

The Big Picture by Julie Moore

As the spring semester draws to a close in this university town, teachers and students alike are having to make crucial choices about how they will use the tiny bit of time left them as they prepare for exams. I say teachers because I know firsthand from my friend Grace that the end of a semester brings an inevitable flurry (fury?) of grading, exam-writing and paperwork.

 

Read more: The Big Picture by Julie Moore

OBAMA, CHICAGO, EGYPT, KASHMIR and the National Prayer Breakfast BY CARL MEDEARIS

carl-medearisI grew up ­ like some of you ­ in a very warm and loving Christianfamily. I learned so much from my open-hearted and open-handed parents.  But somewhere along the line, presumablyfrom the Midwestern Christian culture around me, I became askeptic of others.  I see this in so many of my friends when itcomes to OBAMA.

Read more: OBAMA, CHICAGO, EGYPT, KASHMIR and the National Prayer Breakfast BY CARL MEDEARIS

Mavuno Berlin Prayer Service Friday, May 4, 6-7:30pm

grace1Please join us Friday, May 4th, outside behind the church building in the grassy area. We will gather out in nature for a time of worship and praise, and participate in some special prayer for the Berlin team. Come at 5:30 and bring a blanket, a picnic, the family and your Frisbee! Worship is from 6-7:30pm at the Chapel Hill Bible Church.

Reflections to Consider

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Publications

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Music

  • River of Love

    There's a river of love that runs through all timeBut there's a river of grief that floods through our livesIt Read More
  • I Am Nothing

    I stutter when I tryTo speak the language of lifeI want to shout out loudBut I just cry insideSometimes it Read More
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Audio & Video

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Favorites

  • Transforming this World: The Hope of Glory by NT Wright +

    Wright confronts the perspective that this world doesn’t matter, and that we live only to be in heaven. He shows Read More
  • What is Good in a World that Defies Hope: a talk by NT Wright +

    This is the second part of three talks by NT Wright at Harvard University in November, 2008 on the topic Read More
  • The Stream, the Lake and the River: NT Wright +

      Acts 2.1-21; John 7.37-39; a sermon at the Eucharist on the Feast of Pentecost, 11 May 2008, by the Read More
  • Jesus in the Perfect Storm by NT Wright +

    Zechariah 9.9-17; Luke 19.28-48; A sermon for Palm Sunday, April 17, 2011, In the University Chapel of St Salvator, St Read More
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Hidden Blessings

  • Christ is a Great Savior: a review of the movie Amazing Grace +

    Amazing Grace is a historical drama about William Wilberforce who was elected to British Parliament at the age of 21 Read More
  • Wilberforce, Hollywood's Amazing Grace, Charlotte Allen +

    William Wilberforce's relentless campaign eventually led the British Parliament to ban the slave trade, in 1807, and to pass a Read More
  • Making Beauty out of Ugly Things: Grace by U2 +

    Grace, she takes the blame She covers the shame Removes the stain It could be her name Grace, she carries Read More
  • The True Nature of Grace and Love: a movie review of the Soloist +

    The 2009 movie The Soloist is based on a book by the same name, written by Los Angeles Times columnist Read More
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