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The Song of Moses

Jonathan Storment — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:30:59 +0000

A good preacher friend of mine made the point recently that the first thing we read that the Israelites took with them when they left Egypt was a tambourine. Not snack packs for the road, or camelpaks, a tambourine. So they're not the best campers in the world, but they were right about this. When you realize how big what God is up to in the world actually is, then the most appropriate response is to worship.

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The War in Heaven

Jonathan Storment — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:44:47 +0000

f I had to summarize Revelation in one sentence it would be that what happens on earth matters in Heaven, and what happens in Heaven matters on earth. God is fighting a cosmic battle, he's dealing fully and finally with evil in all it's forms. And part of the point of Revelation is that we aren't just spectators, God's people are warriors...but in a very different way, in a very different war.

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The Wounds of Triumph

Jonathan Storment — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:02:22 +0000

At the Cross something fundamentally changed with the way things can work. The Cross is not just how God saves His people, it's how His people can go about bringing that salvation to the rest of the world. Not by adding to, but by participating in. The church preaches Christ best, while crucified.

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The Victory of the Lamb

Jonathan Storment — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:31:11 +0000

In High School when I read Revelation, I remember being struck by how violent it all was. But Revelation is doing war against violence itself. It is subverting the very thing that our human condition is built upon. Might makes right, Power is Victory. Revelation tells us the Gospel doesn't agree, and it's subverts violence itself.

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What Plagues Us All

Jonathan Storment — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:35:27 +0000

I've been in ministry long enough to know each of us brings our own unique sets of brokenness to the table. And that we each try to pretend that it isn't there. So we discover ways of emphasizing our strengths and talents and ignoring our flaws, but in our quieter moments we know just how deeply broken we each are. And Revelation is telling us that what is true of us on the inside, is true at a cosmic level as well.

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