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Entering the Wilderness
March 3, 2022
First Sunday in LentLuke 4:1-13This story is not about us learning to overcome temptation. This story is about what it…
Confession, Resistance, and Restoration
February 27, 2020
First Sunday in Lent Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Psalm 32 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 “Going to confession is hard…. You…
Led by the Spirit
March 6, 2019
First Sunday of LentLuke 4:1-13The dictionary defines marvel (as a person) as one who is wondrously astonishing. With apologies to…
Descent Into Life
February 17, 2015
First Sunday of Lent Genesis 9:8-17 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 Having Descended to the Heart Once you have grown…
God Abstracted
March 8, 2011
Matthew 4:1-11 Lent begins with Jesus fresh from the waters of his baptism, being led by the Spirit into the…
How Well Do We Let Scripture Claim Us?
February 15, 2010
Luke 4:1-13 One of the interpretations of this text that I have favored in recent years is that Jesus resisted…