Category: Lent
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First Sunday in Lent
~ Invocavit ~ Readings: Genesis 3:1-21 | 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 | Matthew 4:1-11 Text: Matthew 4:1-11 Doctors who fight infections are all too aware that having just one weapon isn’t enough. Viruses and bacteria each respond differently to medication. Sometimes a strain comes along that refuses to respond to treatment. Then, newer, stronger, and more…
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Holy Saturday
Paschal Vigil Holy Baptism of Matthew, Alonna, and Wyatt Reeves Readings: The Creation – Genesis 1:1-2:3 | The Flood – Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18; 8:6-18; 9:8-13 | Israel’s Deliverance at the Red Sea – Exodus 14:10-15:1 | A New Heart and a New Spirit – Ezekiel 36:24-28 | Jonah Preaches to Nineveh – Jonah 3 |…
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Good Friday
Readings: Isaiah 52:13—53:12 | 2 Corinthians 5:14–21 | John 18-19 Text: 2 Corinthians 5:14-21; John 19:30 “The Death of Jesus Changed How God Relates to the World” The Old Testament sure is bloody. People are dropping dead every other minute, it seems. Reading through the Old Testament, you will find that there are many manifest…
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Maundy Thursday
Readings: Exodus 12:1–14 | 1 Corinthians 11:23–32 | John 13:1–15 Text: John 13:1-17, 34-35 This Maundy Thursday, I want to address two things: The connection between the Lord’s Supper and the Passover, and why this night we read about Jesus washing the disciples’ feet and commanding them to love one another. In delivering His people…