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  • Fourth Sunday in Lent

    Fourth Sunday in Lent

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    Readings: Exodus 16:2-21 | Galatians 4:21-31 | John 6:1-15 Text: John 6:1-15 We began Lent in the wilderness. Jesus is alone and hungry. Then, the Devil comes along and tempts him. Hunger is evil, he seems to say: “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread to feed you in…

  • Fourth Sunday in Lent

    Fourth Sunday in Lent

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    Readings: Numbers 21:4–9 | Ephesians 2:1–10 | John 3:14–21 Text: John 3:14-21 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”  John 3:16—it’s one of the best loved passages in all of Scripture.  It appears everywhere from signs in the…

  • Fourth Sunday in Lent (John 9:1-41)

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    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…