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EPISODE · Dec 7, 2025 · 18 MIN

What Kind of New Thing?

from Hearts Open to the Word · host Rev. Dr. Charissa Clark Howe

When we are exhausted, God’s "new thing" can feel like a threat. Drawing on Matthew 11:1–11 and Isaiah 43:19–21, we see that hope is not a guarantee of easy outcomes, but the realization of God’s outlandish grace sustaining life even among the jackals and prison cells.

When we are exhausted, God’s "new thing" can feel like a threat. Drawing on Matthew 11:1–11 and Isaiah 43:19–21, we see that hope is not a guarantee of easy outcomes, but the realization of God’s outlandish grace sustaining life even among the jackals and prison cells.

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When we are exhausted, God’s "new thing" can feel like a threat. Drawing on Matthew 11:1–11 and Isaiah 43:19–21, we see that hope is not a guarantee of easy outcomes, but the realization of God’s outlandish grace sustaining life even among the...

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