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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hello, my name's Andrew Satch and I'm an Anglican Minister at Grace Church Greenwich
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I want to talk today about what it means to be a saint. I used to work in the office of a church in Cambridge called St Andrew the Great
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and I'd answer the phone, good morning St Andrew the Great and one of my friends always found it hilarious to reply, good morning St Andrew
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But even though he was joking, he's not so wrong. it is appropriate to call me Saint Andrew. Not because I've done any miracles or seen a vision
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of the Virgin Mary or lived a saintly life, but just because I'm a follower of Jesus
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In the Bible, the word Christian is only used three times, but the word saint comes 62 times
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It's the most common way to refer to a Christian in the Bible. And sometimes the most unlikely
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people are called saints. The Corinthian church in the first century was one of the most messed
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up churches in history. Church members were dragging each other through the courts. They
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were divided into bitter factions, each with their favourite preacher. Their communion services
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quote, do more harm than good. You might say they're not exactly saints, but they were
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The Apostle Paul wrote to the church in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be
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saints. The transforming message of Jesus isn't just for religious heroes, it's for screwed up
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people but the grace of Jesus transforms them so you can call me Saint Andrew
