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This Easter Which Messiah would YOU Choose?
By Steve on April 1, 2013
On that first Easter week more than 2000 years ago, many of us are familiar with the moment where the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, in keeping with the Passover tradition of releasing one prisoner back…
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Palm Sunday: Do We Still Have “No King But Caesar”?
By Steve on March 24, 2013
It’s Palm Sunday. The day the church traditionally celebrates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem just days before his execution. The sad irony of the story is of course, that the throngs of crowds who…
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Heaven & Earth: Right Here…Right Now!
By Steve on February 14, 2013
Reading N.T. Wright’s Surprised by Hope I realize there is an aspect to my understanding of God that has been very neglected from the beginning of my Christian walk. As the book reveals, ask most…
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Foreigner No More!
By Steve on February 7, 2013
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, Ephesians 2:19 As an American living in Asia I know what it is to live…
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Born Again…again!
By Steve on February 2, 2013
A good friend of mine messaged me this week noting of my blog that I’d been “busy”. I had to laugh a bit as I could see she was right. Looking at January I realize…
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Seeing (And Not Seeing) The Kingdom of God
By Steve on January 30, 2013
Readers of Beyond the Pale know I love Disneyland. I even like to joke that God, knowing I was going to be moving back to Hong Kong, had Hong Kong Disneyland built just for me….
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What Does It Mean To Be Saved? Part 4
By Steve on January 23, 2013
When we say “Jesus Saves” what do we think of? God’s mercy? Love? Forgiveness? Unfortunately in the West the term has become a bit cliche and sadly often invokes images of wild eyed preachers on…
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What Does It Mean To Be Saved? Part 3
By Steve on January 16, 2013
The Thief on the Cross In part 3 of this series on salvation I want to take a look at the interaction between Jesus and the thief that was crucified along side of him. One…
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What Does It Mean To Be Saved? Part 2
By Steve on January 15, 2013
In part 1 of this series I looked at Jesus declaring salvation to Zacchaeus’ house after a meal at the chief tax collector’s house. In part 2 we’ll take a look at Jesus’ parable of…
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Ending Slavery: Bringing Heaven to Earth
By Steve on January 6, 2013
I wanted to share a great video I saw on CNN yesterday. Christians, particularly young people, raising awareness and making a stand against the the blight of slavery which still runs rampant across the globe….