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12 - 18 December 2004

Advent 3

Matthew 11.2-11

The proof of the pudding (AAA)

Does Jesus promise a worry free, trouble free existence? Look at the evidence. Jesus sends John’s disciples back with reports of what they see and hear.

The proof of the pudding (CYP)

Jesus tells people about John, and indicates that he was a person of great importance.

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Signs of the kingdom (AAA)

What are the signs of God’s coming kingdom? Look at the ways in which people are ’imprisoned’ nowadays – in poverty, environment, heredity, illness, addiction, peer pressure, others’ expectations and our own, religion, race....

Lectionary Bible readings for RCL Advent 3 Year A
Matthew 11.2-11 Isaiah 35.1-10 James 5.7-10 Psalm 146.5-10

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