Sending Everyone

04/06/25 • 16 min

The Lord is bound and determined to have fruit from his vineyard, even at the cost of the Son's life, and the Spirit's work in resurrecting dead tenants to become something new.

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The Lord is bound and determined to have fruit from his vineyard, even at the cost of the Son's life, and the Spirit's work in resurrecting dead tenants to become something new.

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Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.

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In the Way with Charles St-Onge - Sending Everyone

Transcript

There’s an old movie starring Jean Reno and a very young Natalie Portman called “the professional.” Near the end the organization of a corrupt drug enforcement agent, played by Gary Oldman, is being apart man by man. Realizing he might be about to lose all his agents, Oldman grabs the man beside him and says “Manny, bring me everyone.” The man replies, “What do you mean, everyone?” Oldman’s character screams into his face: “EVERYONE!” It was an improvised scene, but it perf