Month: March 2020
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Fifth Sunday in Lent (John 11:1-45)
The Lord had an existing relationship with the family. He loved them. He cared about Lazarus in his illness, the suffering he was enduring. (v. 5) We should keep this in mind, first of all, as we see what He does. Because of this love, he stayed two days longer, to the point at which…
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Passion Reading Schedule
Day 1 Matt 26:1-46 Day 2 Matt 26: 47-27:28 Day 3 Matt 27: 29-66 Day 4 Mark 14:1-72 Day 5 Mark 15:1-47 Day 6 Luke 22:1-38 Day 7 Luke 22:39-71 Day 8 Luke 23: 1-56 Day 9 John 18:1-27 Day 10 John 18:28-38 Day 11 John 18:39-19:16 Day 12 John 19:17-42 With all the disruption…
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Fourth Sunday in Lent (John 9:1-41)
Times of disaster often bring out the theologian in people. We want to know why bad things happen. This is called “theodicy.” It comes from the Greek words for God and justify, and it cuts two ways. First, it serves to justify God’s right to send suffering, and this is what happens when we try…
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Third Sunday in Lent (Text: John 4:5-26)
Ignorance about God is a serious problem. Now, very few people would actually say they don’t know much about God. More common is the idea that we know enough about God to get by. You know, as much as country music songs teach us about God and Jesus and the importance of saying prayers. But…
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Second Sunday in Lent (John 3:1-17)
This Lent, we have the privilege to walk through several stories in the Gospel of John, which demonstrate to us the power of God for salvation to all who believe. We’ll stop in John 3 today, where we meet Nicodemus who learns the grace of the Kingdom of God. Next Sunday, we’ll hear about how…
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Lent 1 – Midweek Series “Denying Eyes” (Mark 14:26-31; 66-72)
He was so sure that he would succeed where others failed. He could feel the zeal welling up within him. “Even though they all fall away, I will not.” Lord, how could you say that we will all fall away? What an awful thing to happen! “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the…
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First Sunday in Lent (Matthew 4:1-11)
Jesus’ ministry begins not in a lush garden in the presence of God as it was in the beginning, but in the wilderness of a world that is under the curse of sin and death. His ministry after being baptized in the Jordan and declared to be the Son of God, goes immediately into the…