The Second Sunday in Lent March 16, 2025 Philippians 3:17-4:1 God’s Surprising Strategies— No Detours Allowed!   17Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you. 18For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is…

The First Sunday in Lent March 9, 2025 Luke 4:1-13 God’s Surprising Strategies— One Stands; Everyone Else Sits!     1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, 2where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 3The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become…

Transfiguration Sunday March 2, 2025 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 Epiphany Moments— Glory is Hidden In Order to Be Revealed!   7Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was, 8will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the…