Tag: Lent

Right Answer, Wrong Question

Luke 10:25-37 “Who are we responsible for?” is one of the repeating questions asked in the human experience.  It is an abstract, but important, question that we have to wrestle with.  Many people engage in such a quest whether they have religious interests or not.  Most of us sense that power and possessions are really …

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The Joy of The Cross

We never associate Christ’s death on the cross with joy.  Yes, it is the innocent being betrayed, abandoned, brutalized, and forsaken.  Yet Jesus affirmed constantly that he is doing the will of God in Heaven.  “Not my will, but thine be done,” is the quote from the prayer in the garden before Jesus is betrayed.  …

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Lent and Self Image

Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips,and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”(Isaiah 6:5)      It seems in some circles that feeling bad about yourself is one of the greatest sins.  …

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Is the Tomb that important?

  Matthew 28:1-10 As I look at Matthew’s recounting of the story of Resurrection morning, I am interested in the references to place.  The women—the two Mary’s—came to the tomb where they had laid Jesus. As they approached, there was an earthquake seemingly caused by an angel that also rolled back the stone that covered …

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