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 23, 2018
by Philip Noell
| Tags: albuquerque, Father, God, Serve, Church, Sermon Reflection, Albuquerque Churches, Church blog, Children's Ministry, Bookends, Church Calendar, Son, Pentecost, Sunday, Holy Spirt, Disciples
God had kept his promise and given his Holy Spirit to the disciples. And now he was giving it to all who trusted in Christ for salvation.
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May 17, 2018
by Carly Haynes
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Category:
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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May 10, 2018
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| Tags: albuquerque, Sovereignty, hope, love, grace, provision, Mercy, Church, fear, Wrath, Albuquerque Church, Sermon Reflection, Sermon, Church blog, Picture, Genesis, Revelation, Bookends, Art, Impressions, Artist
My trials and suffering feel like the squashing of color and blurring of lines to the point that my portrait isn’t the perfect and skilled mimesis of what the world expects. Yet, there is so much more depth, so much more character. ...
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May 2, 2018
by Emily Leslie
| Tags: kingdom, glory, hope, grace, Grief, Truth, Sermon Reflection, Promise, Revelation, Bookends, Trial, Tribulation, Patience, Endurance, albuquerque, Church, Reflection, Albuquerque Church, Sermon, Church blog
Even in this chapter, of this overwhelming book, we see how all of scripture is brought together to accomplish the same plan that has been laid out in the Bible all along. ...
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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 8, 2018
| Tags: submission, children, sacrifice, Tower of Babel, God, Albuquerque Church, Sermon Reflection, Church blog, Genesis, Bookends, A Better Way, Leading, People
You see, it’s not that God is against towers. He’s building a huge one for us to enjoy......
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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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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 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 19, 2017
by Bronwyn Siebert
| Tags: gospel, hope, World, Chaos, God, Story, Peace, Savior, Narrative, Picture, Perspective, World View, albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque Church, Sermon Reflection, Church blog
God addresses the chaos of humanity through the living Word, the incarnate Jesus. Do you believe that? God has intervened. God is still intervening....
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May 4, 2017
by Alyson Noell
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Category:
Gospel
| Tags: gospel, albuquerque, Christ, Identity, Church, Albuquerque Church, Sermon Reflection, Worldview, Distraction, Centered, Church blog
When my head and my heart forget what is true, I find myself sacrificing my life to the myriad gods of health, wealth, work, marriage and home...So how, in the face of both external and internal pressures toward alternate values and identities, can I maintain my identity in Christ? ...
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April 21, 2017
by Emily Leslie
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Category:
Gospel
| Tags: albuquerque, abq, easter, resurrection, Father, love, grace, God, Christ, Church, Easter Sunday, Sermon Reflection, Sermon, City Pres, Presbyterian, Serenity Prayer, Serenity, Creator
It is so tempting to pray for circumstances to change, to get mad at God when they don’t, and to hold a grudge of resentment rather than “accept with serenity” the things that cannot be changed. ...
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