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https://matthewporter.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/Podcast-23.mp3   23rd December: Apart from the Wise Men, there’s little in the Advent stories about presents. Instead, there’s much more about presence. As people experienced the presence of God, so they worshipped, were commissio…

https://matthewporter.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/Podcast-22.mp3   22nd December: When we worship we give ourselves to God. It’s active, not passive and involves our bodies, our hearts and our wallets. We see this at the first Advent,, modelled so helpfully by the Wise Men, and it̵…

https://matthewporter.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/Podcast-21.mp3   21st December: There was conflict at the first Advent, even amongst the so-called ‘Holy Family.’ In this episode Matthew recognises that conflict can’t be avoided, even in the most godly of families, and tha…

https://matthewporter.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/Podcast-20.mp3   20th December: There was lots of journeying going on at the first Advent. It’s the same today, as many travel at Christmas to visit family and friends. We’re also called to journey in our hearts to Bethlehem in or…

https://matthewporter.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/Podcast-19.mp3 19th December: When Joseph married Mary the Bible says he ‘took her home.’ That’s a way of saying they got married. They chose to be joined, taking each other into their lives. That’s because our home represen…

https://matthewporter.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/Podcast-18.mp3   18th December: The angel told Mary at the first Advent, ‘nothing is impossible with God.’ In this episode, Matthew refers to Apple computers, Sir Alex Ferguson’s football philosophy and Bethel Church in Redd…

https://matthewporter.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/Podcast-17.mp3   17th December: Zechariah had a powerful encounter with the Holy Spirit at the first Advent. Luke, who wrote about it in his Gospel account, intentionally uses identical words to those he later uses to describe what happened w…

https://matthewporter.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/Podcast-16.mp3   16th December: There were two types of singing that first Advent – songs of joy and songs of lament. Whilst different in emotion they’d both have been sung with great passion. In today’s episode, Matthew exp…

https://matthewporter.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/Podcast-15.mp3   15th December: God used multiple ways of communication at the first Advent in order to share the good news of Jesus. We’re called to do the same today. To communicate clearly, openly and appropriately. We’re to pa…