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UNQUENCHABLE HOPE
An Easter Journey Through the Revelation
Is there hope in the Bible for times like these?
When it seems like everything we’ve known has been lost, destroyed, or changed beyond recognition, our fear can be overwhelming. When those in whom we’ve placed our trust become threats to our health, safety, and well-being, hope seems like a distant dream. When the Bible is weaponised and its meaning distorted to justify cruelty and injustice, it’s tempting to discard it. But this is not the time to lose hope and it is not the time to give the Scriptures up to those who abuse it.
The message of Christ which the Bible contains does not offer a futile hope built on denial of harsh realities. It takes suffering and evil seriously and invites us to find hope not by escaping the turmoil, but in the midst of it.
Unquenchable Hope, an Easter Journey through the Revelation is based on the Lectionary epistle readings from Easter Sunday to Pentecost (including some extra readings from the Revelation for the main festivals). It contains everything you need to ensure that your Easter worship services nourish your hope and empower you to stand against despair and cynicism.
UNQUENCHABLE HOPE
An Easter Journey Through the Revelation
Is there hope in the Bible for times like these?
When it seems like everything we’ve known has been lost, destroyed, or changed beyond recognition, our fear can be overwhelming. When those in whom we’ve placed our trust become threats to our health, safety, and well-being, hope seems like a distant dream. When the Bible is weaponised and its meaning distorted to justify cruelty and injustice, it’s tempting to discard it. But this is not the time to lose hope and it is not the time to give the Scriptures up to those who abuse it.
The message of Christ which the Bible contains does not offer a futile hope built on denial of harsh realities. It takes suffering and evil seriously and invites us to find hope not by escaping the turmoil, but in the midst of it.
Unquenchable Hope, an Easter Journey through the Revelation is based on the Lectionary epistle readings from Easter Sunday to Pentecost (including some extra readings from the Revelation for the main festivals). It contains everything you need to ensure that your Easter worship services nourish your hope and empower you to stand against despair and cynicism.
Week of 22 – 28 June 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Sometimes it can appear that those of us who focus on God's grace and forgiveness are "soft" on evil. It may even seem like we do not take evil seriously. But there is no question that the Gospel has some strong things to say about the need to resist evil. When Jesus encountered evil in the lives of people, he was quick and decisive to confront and eradicate it, but always with grace and forgiveness. Confronting evil was an integral part of the healing and [...]
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MASTER YOUR WORLD
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Proper 8C
29 June 2025 It is not enough to resist evil. It is not enough to not do what is destructive or harmful. It is not enough to avoid what we consider to be sin. For our world to change, for real transformation to happen, for life to be the abundant, beautiful, joyful experience that God created it to be, we must embrace, proclaim and live what is good, what is creative and what is healing. This is a central and persistent call of the Gospel, and it is the [...]
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An Extraordinary Execution
Why Jesus’ Death Matters Here and Now
Based on the readings from the Gospel of John for Year B in the Revised Common Lectionary, AN EXTRAORDINARY EXECUTION explores some of the primary ways that Jesus’ crucifixion has been understood through Christian history and how they can be reinterpreted and applied to our lives in the 21st Century.
The Great Debate
A Liturgical and Devotional Guide for Holy Week
Starting on Palm Sunday and running through to Holy Saturday, THE GREAT DEBATE will help you to engage with Jesus’ responses to the religious leaders’ questions. And it will help you to examine your life in the light of Jesus’ values and priorities.
Dying for a Change
A Holy Week Journey
DYING FOR A CHANGE is offered as a resource to explore Jesus’ values and priorities and embrace his changed way of being. It is built around the Gospel accounts of various events in the passion of Christ: the triumphal entry to Jerusalem, the trial, the journey to the Place of the Skull, and the crucifixion and burial.
Life After Loss
Thriving in the Face of Life’s Little Deaths
Based on the Gospel readings for Year B, LIFE AFTER LOSS explores how we can enter into a lived experience of resurrection that sustains us and empowers us in the face of our grief and pain.
Back to Life
Experience Your Own Resurrection
The fifty-day Easter Season is more than a long remembrance of a strange event. It is not a time to focus on the ancient past. It is an invitation to dive into the deep, vibrant and meaningful life we long for. It is an opportunity—too often missed in our observances of this season—to experience resurrection again now.
Live for a Change
An Easter Journey from Sacredise
LIVE FOR A CHANGE is a liturgical guide that is designed to lead you into a deep experience of resurrection. It examines eight encounters that various people had with the Risen Christ and draws us into the experience so that we can touch the life that the Biblical characters found