Stay awake
Advent, Year B Mitch Kitson Advent, Year B Mitch Kitson

Stay awake

Advent is the season of preparation—preparing to remember Christ’s first coming at Christmas. As we begin this season, though, we are reminded that our true preparation is for his second coming which we continue to wait for. Today, though, the focus is less on what we are waiting for, but how we should wait.

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Back to basics
Reformation, Year A Mitch Kitson Reformation, Year A Mitch Kitson

Back to basics

500 years after the Reformation, we are still susceptible to the same temptations: taking control of God’s Church and our salvation. As we commemorate the Reformation, let’s return to the truth of God’s Word and trust in Him to save us and sustain His holy people.

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Who gave you the right?
Mitch Kitson Mitch Kitson

Who gave you the right?

When Jesus’ authority is challenged, He shows His wisdom that reveals who He really is—the Son of God sent into the world. He then goes a step further to show His opposers just what it means to reject Him as the Son of God in the parable.

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Loved and sent
Mitch Kitson Mitch Kitson

Loved and sent

By authorising and sending the twelve disciples, Jesus multiplies Himself. That same model of ministry is continued through His Church today.

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Gather, grow, go
Pentecost, Year A Mitch Kitson Pentecost, Year A Mitch Kitson

Gather, grow, go

The disciples get a sneak peek before the rest of the believers receive the Spirit with tongues of fire fifty days later. It is that same Spirit whom we believe “calls, gathers, and enlightens the whole Christian church on earth,” even today.

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Love and obedience
Easter, Year A Mitch Kitson Easter, Year A Mitch Kitson

Love and obedience

Our world makes people obey the rules out of fear of what the consequences might be of breaking them. Jesus speaks about rules in a radically different way—He puts them in a context of love.

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Knowing the way
Easter, Year A Mitch Kitson Easter, Year A Mitch Kitson

Knowing the way

In John 14, Jesus is speaking to His disciples on the night of His betrayal. These words from Jesus are known as the ‘farewell discourse’ which is actually a very poor title. These words are focussed on arrival rather than farewell and it is not a discourse but a proclamation of the gospel.

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