03-19-2014 (Lent 2 Midweek)_God's Powerful Weakness_Matt. 26:47-56

At His arrest, Jesus meets worldly power with the authority of very few words and demonstrates that God's plan is executed in weakness, not strength.



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03-12-2014 (Lent 1 Midweek)_Lets Talk About Performance_Matt. 26:30-47

The disciples fail to perform as they sleep away in the Garden, but Jesus prays steadfastly. Three times Jesus performs by praying that God's will be done. He is strong in the face of the disciples' weakness.



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03-16-2014 (Lent 2)_A New Learning_John 3:1-17

Jesus bends the mind of a fairly open-minded Pharisee named Nicodemus. Salvation isn't political and it isn't about our good works. It's of water and the Spirit (Baptism) and the love of God for a world full of sinners.



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03-09-2014_What's Jesus Doing Out In The Wilderness Anyway?

In Matt. 4:1-11, Jesus is NOT giving us helps on how to resist temptation. Rather He is being led into temptation as God's chosen one, the only one who can defeat sin, death, and devil.



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Ash Wednesday_Not Our Plans, HIS Plan_Matt. 26:1-16

The beginning of Christ's Passion reveals layers of human, futile plans. All of them are going to be co-opted by God the Father Himself in order to fulfill His grand plan of saving the world.



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03-02-2014_The God Worth Hearing And Seeing

Jesus demonstrates His glory in His Transfiguration, but there's more to the story.



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02-23-2014_Perfected In God's Love

One of Jesus' most difficult statements is not a call to a moral perfection we cannot achieve, but rather a call to live in the perfect righteousness of Christ given to us as a free gift.



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