July 19, 2018
by Emily Leslie
| Tags: marriage, blog
"The God of the universe is walking with you, bringing peace, comfort, provision, rest, feast, promise, goodness, mercy & dwelling. It’s a big, glorious story that we are a part of, and we need to cultivate joy, allow it to well up in us, celebrate and revel in the goodness of our loving Savior."...
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June 14, 2018
by Bronwyn Siebert
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Sermon Reflection
| Tags: gospel, albuquerque, Idolatry, Deliverance, holy spirit, hope, blog, grace, Mercy, Sin, Church, Truth, Strength, enemy, Albuquerque Church, Church blog, Encouragement, Temptation, Satan, Spiritual Warfare, Devil, Deceit, Threats, Revelation, Bookends
So here I sit, wrestling through this reality, all the while examining areas of my life where my worship is misplaced. How have I been duped? ...
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June 7, 2018
by Joanna Hinks
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Sermon Reflection
| Tags: gospel, albuquerque, glory, sacrifice, victory, blog, Jesus, God, Story, Church, Albuquerque Church, Church blog, Peace, Savior, Journey, Purpose, War, Revelation, Bookends, Patience, Endurance, Wartime, Christian Life, Struggle, Hardship, Satan
I may feel exhausted or discouraged or wounded by events in my life, but do I recognize the underlying battle? ...
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May 31, 2018
by Josh Spare
| Tags: albuquerque, Idolatry, pride, heart, blog, Church, Truth, Albuquerque Church, Sermon Reflection, Church blog, Revelation, Bookends, Believe, Repentance, Perceive, Conviction, Self-centeredness, Mercy, Temptation
...the Revelation of John for things to come points to a people so engrossed in their self-sufficiency that the thunder of heaven cannot turn their unrepentant hearts - how much like that are we? How much like that am I? ...
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May 17, 2018
by Carly Haynes
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Sermon Reflection
| Tags: prayer, holy spirit, blog, Jesus, grace, God, promises, Church, Sermon Reflection, Sermon, Church blog, Communion, Genesis, Revelation, Bookends, People, Intercession, Aroma, Sweet, Pleasing, albuquerque, Albuquerque Church
“How long this world will suffer, how long I will suffer… Do you hear my cries? Do you know the brokenness?”...
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April 19, 2018
by Bronwyn Siebert
| Tags: gospel, albuquerque, vision, faith, heart, hope, blog, promises, Reflection, sanctification, theology, Change, Albuquerque Church, Sermon, Albuquerque Churches, Church blog, Genesis, Revelation, Bookends, Growth, Reorient, Paradox, Head, Belief, Reframe, Gaze, Believe
I don’t have to deny or hide my weakness because the beauty of them is they point to a God who promises to make me new....
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March 29, 2018
by Rachel Whippo
| Tags: gospel, albuquerque, blog, mission, Church, missional living, great commission, Albuquerque Church, Albuquerque Churches, Church blog, Calling, Revelation, Bookends, Encourage, Equip, Called, Missional, Matthew
Despite the fact that Jesus literally states in the verse that he will be with us “always, to the end of the age,” I often feel alone when confronted with the idea of trying to share the Gospel. ...
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March 23, 2018
| Tags: hope, God, promises, Church, Help, Come, Salvation, Promise, Intercede, Letters, albuquerque, doubt, blog, Albuquerque Church, Albuquerque Churches, Church blog, Healing, Revelation, Bookends
As broken as this earthly existence can be, there are eternal promises that break through and transcend the brokenness....
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March 15, 2018
by Carly Haynes
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Sermon Reflection
| Tags: albuquerque, holy, blog, God, Church, God's glory, Renewed, Albuquerque Church, Sermon Reflection, Church blog, Revelation, Bookends, Transform, Make New, New Heart, New Name, New Identity, Set Apart
Much like the city of Pergamum, I followed the only way I had known, and in doing so I had no compass for my life......
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February 22, 2018
by Rachel Whippo
| Tags: Sermon Reflection, Genesis, Revelation, Bookends, Prophetic, Apocalyptic, bible study, blog, Church, Scripture, Albuquerque Church, Church blog, Pastoral Letter, Understanding
The book of Revelation, I have found, as I’m sure have many of you, is one of the books of the Bible where I really have a difficult time getting the message from my head to my heart....
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February 1, 2018
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| Tags: Family, gospel, albuquerque, reconciliation, adoption, blog, love, culture, Jesus, God, Church, redemption, Albuquerque Church, Church blog, Genesis, Nations, Heritage, Genesis 10
Living under the new covenant of Jesus’ blood, we also get to see the beautiful picture of Jesus drawing people from every nation, tribe, and tongue to Himself....
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January 18, 2018
by Joanna Hinks
| Tags: justice, sacrifice, hope, blog, Jesus, Mercy, God, Church, Church blog, Renewal, Evil, Creation, Genesis, Flood, Newness, New Creation, Attonement, albuquerque, Albuquerque Church
There’s nothing like a natural disaster to inspire people to ask deep questions about the meaning of life, justice, and the existence of evil and hardship.
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January 4, 2018
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| Tags: albuquerque, faithfulness, faithful, hope, blog, Jesus, God, Church, Covenant, fear, Albuquerque Church, Church blog, Promise, Savior, Creation, Genesis, Flood, Rescue, Rescuer, Noah, Rainbow
The rainbow is not a promise that life will get better after experiencing a storm. The rainbow is the promise that God will send a rescue, that God will be our refuge....
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November 29, 2017
by Joanna Hinks
| Tags: gospel, albuquerque, faithfulness, hope, blog, Story, Truth, redemption, Albuquerque Church, Sermon Reflection, Sermon, Church blog, Narrative, Genesis, Adam, Eve, Cain, Able, Generations
Adam and Eve based their hope on Cain, as a result of an incomplete and flawed understanding of God’s promised redemption....
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November 23, 2017
by Josh Spare
| Tags: gospel, albuquerque, gospel living, blog, love, Jesus, Church, redemption, Albuquerque Church, Sermon Reflection, Albuquerque Churches, Church blog, Savior, Genesis, Revelation, Gospel Life, Presence of Love, Redeeming, Live, Reminder
We look forward and say there is a better day coming because of Jesus. And not only do we look forward, but we hasten it by living today as a renewed people in the midst of that broken world. ...
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November 23, 2017
by Emily Leslie
| Tags: Community, Fellowship, gospel, albuquerque, blog, Relationship, God, Christ, Connection, Life Together, Albuquerque Church, Sermon Reflection, Churches, Church blog, Genesis, Me Too, Vulnerability, Church Body
Entering into moments of vulnerability consciously and intentionally is risky, but it stops shame in it’s tracks....
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November 16, 2017
by Carly Haynes
| Tags: marriage, albuquerque, heaven, blog, grace, Relationship, Church, redemption, Restoration, Albuquerque Church, Church blog, Calling, Healing, Genesis, Purpose, Adam, Eve, Revelation, Bookends, Harmony, Garden, Work, Vocation, Earth
What was once unending, immediate, and bountifully provided, within a few bites of fruit was now cursed with enmity, great pain, and toil. Marriage was once to be harmonious and is now divisive, pain is brought forth at the births of our children, God is farther away from us and we dig through thistles for fruit. ...
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October 25, 2017
by Rachel Whippo
| Tags: Sin, redemption, knowledge, Evil, Shame, Good, Anxiety, Depression, Hide, Run, Found, Redeemed, Save, Bible, albuquerque, blog, God, Church, Albuquerque Church, Church blog, Sermon Reflection, Genesis
Satan placed doubt of God's goodness and sovereignty in the minds of Adam and Eve just as sin does to us now. Instead of looking to God, we look to the “Tree” for our fulfillment......
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October 19, 2017
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| Tags: Men, Community, gospel, albuquerque, women, blog, Relationship, Broken, Church, Church blog, Healing, Me Too, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harrasment, Fall, Mankind, Loneliness, Alone, Together, Equal
We were made for this interdependent community. We were made to share those extreme differences in order to produce extreme growth. We were made to be with one another in order to remove the possibility of the bad: loneliness. ...
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October 12, 2017
by Stephen Siebert
| Tags: gospel, obedience, Life, Humanity, In Between, Dialectic, Both/And, Christian, Walk, Journey, Call, Flourishing, Purpose, albuquerque, blog, Church, Reflection, Sermon Reflection, Sermon, Church blog, Genesis
The tree of knowledge of good and evil represents the fall of men and the tree of life reflects the way God designed us to exist. Between these two trees, there stands the tree that Jesus died on to pay the price of the fall and reconcile us to God. ...
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September 8, 2017
by Carly Haynes
| Tags: albuquerque, heaven, blog, Jesus, Mercy, God, home, Reflection, Comfort, Albuquerque Church, Sermon, Church blog, Lord, Peace, Hogar, Longing, Desire, Savior
I sit there and soak it up with a candle lit and music playing, because the orderliness of the house makes me feel in control and relaxed for the 5 minutes that it stays that way. Maybe heaven will smell like cleanliness and soap... ...
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August 24, 2017
by Bronwyn Siebert
| Tags: albuquerque, holy spirit, blog, love, World, Pain, God, home, Church, Comfort, Church blog, Peace, Hogar, News, Uncertainty, Trouble, Worry, Stress
As we deal with so much uncertainty in this life, what do we do with that? More often than not, we try to create safety, security, comfort, “home” in the temporary things of this world....
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August 17, 2017
by Carly Haynes
| Tags: gospel, abq, blog, love, Jesus, flesh, grace, Conflict, Relationship, Mercy, God, Sin, Church, Life, Racism, Albuquerque Church, Church blog, Peace, Longing, Renewal, Evil, Humanity, Charlottesville, News
"Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul" -Mark Twain
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August 10, 2017
by Emily Leslie
| Tags: Community, Fellowship, gospel, albuquerque, blog, love, Jesus, Mercy, God, Table, Hospitality, Compassion, Church blog, Communion, Host, Hosting, Gathering, Serving, Guest
This Sunday, as we unpacked hospitality, and love was intertwined in every part. Fear creates exclusive community, but love gives way to inclusive hospitality....
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June 8, 2017
by Stephen Siebert
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Category:
Gospel
| Tags: albuquerque, Worship, hope, ministry, service, mission, Mercy, Love the city, Church, missional living, Christianity, Love People, ABQ Church, Love God, Calling, Church blog, blog
There is such an urgent need for Jesus in this city that it becomes overwhelming and easy to give up on people and our mission. ...
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May 25, 2017
by Philip Noell
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Category:
Gospel
| Tags: gospel, albuquerque, Worship, glory, trust, sacrifice, pride, blog, ministry, Jesus, Church, Life, humility, Albuquerque Church, Daniel, Church blog, Plans, Legacy, Goals, Accomplishments
You see, I’m not that different from Nebuchadnezzar. He wanted to build a legacy for himself, and he did. Just like him, I’m trying to build a legacy… And I’m anxious when I think that I might not accomplish these goals or, even worse, that having accomplished them I might see them taken away from me. ...
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September 8, 2016
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Category:
Gospel
| Tags: gospel, blog, ministry, God, Church, Life, Psalm 121, Psalms, Scripture, Guidance, Protection
Unpacking Psalm 121 as a picture of life's journey and God's protection. ...
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