23
November
2009
In John 16:16-22, Jesus anticipates his death and resurrection and compares it to a woman giving birth, a rather unexpected analogy to say the least…
See also http://adventconspiracy.org
Original songs from The Upper Room available on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/this-is-our-call/id331392059
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16
November
2009
This week as we move into chapter 16 of John’s gospel, we bring together a number of themes we have been considering in recent weeks and ask the question, what might it look like to bear witness to the truth of who Jesus is as we anticipate celebrating the Incarnation during the Christmas season.
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Un dimanche après-midi à l’Île de la Grande Jatte
Clip from Ferris Beuller’s Day Off
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Fractal Journey video clip
Advent Conspiracy 2009 promo
Advent Conspiracy home page
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20
October
2009
This week’s text is John 15 in which Jesus juxtaposes the love that flows from God to the world with the “hate” that the world has for God. What does it mean for those of us who live in the tension of being in the space where these two opposing forces collide?
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7
October
2009
In the first part of John 15, Jesus takes us to the very essence of what it means to call ourselves his disciples.
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2
September
2009
Continuing with our discussion of John 14, this week we look at verses 12-14.
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19
August
2009
Much of what Jesus has to say in the ‘Upper Room discourse’ in John’s gospel (chapters 13-17) provides us with insight into God’s triune nature. This week we focus on one particular facet of the Trinity - the relationship between the Father and the Son.
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6
July
2009
Whenever we experience any kind of betrayal or breach of trust, our natural response is to want justice or revenge and to see the person who betrayed us exposed. In John 13, however, Jesus gives us a radically different and hugely challenging alternative pattern for dealing with betrayal.
Check out the trailer for Laura Waters Hinson’s acclaimed documentary As We Forgive at http://www.asweforgivemovie.com.
Rob Bell’s session on forgiveness at the 2009 National Pastors Convention in San Diego is available for purchase on CD from http://tinyurl.com/ogrym4
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29
June
2009
This week, in looking at the extraordinary episode in John 13 where Jesus washes the feet of his disciples, we experiment with a somewhat different format with two speakers simultaneously sharing their personal thoughts on the passage. We hope you enjoy this ‘conversermon’.
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25
March
2009
This week, we resume our journey through the Gospel of John (during which we have travelled down many side roads!) by examining the context of Jesus’s often-quoted words in chapter 10, “I am the good shepherd”.
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