{"id":29913,"date":"2026-01-11T13:01:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T13:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=29913"},"modified":"2026-01-11T13:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T13:02:33","slug":"29913","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?ctc_sermon=29913","title":{"rendered":"Step in to the moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><u>Gospel<\/u><\/strong> <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Matthew 3.13\u2013end<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>All<\/em><\/strong><strong> &nbsp;&nbsp; Glory to you, O Lord<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.&nbsp;John would have prevented him, saying, \u2018I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?\u2019&nbsp;But Jesus answered him, \u2018Let it be so now; 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