Lenten Devotional Doodle for Thursday, March 22

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The Church as a Thin Place: Dreams and Visions

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Part 10 of series: Thin Places In yesterday’s post, I began reflecting in a more practical way on the church as a thin place. Today I want to continue these reflections, sharing a few of my dreams and visions for the church. The Church as a Place of Prayer for All Peoples In the Old Testament, the Temple was the supreme place of prayer for the Israelites. But in some prophetic passages, a more expansive vision appeared. Consider, for example,... Read more

Lenten Devotional Doodle for Wednesday, March 21

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The Church as a Thin Place: Some Implications

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Part 9 of series: Thin Places In my last post in this series, I suggested that, from the point of view of the New Testament, the church is to be the world’s most significant thin place when Jesus is no longer present on earth in the flesh. To put it differently, in the time after the ascension of Jesus and the descent of the Holy Spirit, God has chosen to make himself known most of all through the church. Of... Read more

Lenten Devotional Doodle for Tuesday, March 20

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The Church as a Thin Place

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 3:33 pm By Mark D. Roberts

Part 8 of series: Thin Places In my last post in this series, I examined how Jesus impacts our understanding of thin places. If a thin place is a location where God’s presence can be experienced with unusual intensity, then Jesus himself was the ultimate thin place. Yet, as I noted in my last post, Jesus did withdraw from people to pray, suggesting that one’s location may have something to do with one’s relationship with God. Deserted places, free from... Read more

Lenten Devotional Doodle for Monday, March 19

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Masterpieces from Rubbish – Inspiration from the High Calling

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Masterpieces from Rubbish Psalm 118:1-29 The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. Psalm 118:22 My friend Robert is an unusual artist. He makes masterpieces out of rubbish. Literally. I first got to know Robert at Laity Lodge, where he was one of our artists-in-residence. As soon as he arrived, he headed off for our local dump to see what he could find. Robert came back thrilled with his loot, which included things like a rusted, twisted... Read more

Lenten Devotional Doodle for Sunday, March 18

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Lenten Devotional Doodle for Saturday, March 17

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