Lent | Reading 26

The season of Lent provides a time for us to contemplate the depth and passion of our commitment to Christ as we approach Holy Week and Easter. Forty days are set aside as a sacred time to remember the forty days of fasting and prayer that Jesus spent in the wilderness before beginning His earthly…

Lent | Reading 25

The season of Lent provides a time for us to contemplate the depth and passion of our commitment to Christ as we approach Holy Week and Easter. Forty days are set aside as a sacred time to remember the forty days of fasting and prayer that Jesus spent in the wilderness before beginning His earthly…

Lent | Sunday, March 19

The season of Lent provides a time for us to contemplate the depth and passion of our commitment to Christ as we approach Holy Week and Easter. Forty days are set aside as a sacred time to remember the forty days of fasting and prayer that Jesus spent in the wilderness before beginning His earthly…

Lent | Reading 7

The season of Lent provides a time for us to contemplate the depth and passion of our commitment to Christ as we approach Holy Week and Easter. Forty days are set aside as a sacred time to remember the forty days of fasting and prayer that Jesus spent in the wilderness before beginning His earthly…

Lent | Reading 6

The season of Lent provides a time for us to contemplate the depth and passion of our commitment to Christ as we approach Holy Week and Easter. Forty days are set aside as a sacred time to remember the forty days of fasting and prayer that Jesus spent in the wilderness before beginning His earthly…

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Lent | Reading 5

The season of Lent provides a time for us to contemplate the depth and passion of our commitment to Christ as we approach Holy Week and Easter. Forty days are set aside as a sacred time to remember the forty days of fasting and prayer that Jesus spent in the wilderness before beginning His earthly…

You Asked for It

Questions in Genesis

One of the resolutions many have for the new year is to read through the Bible completely in a year’s time. One good friend recently told me she was embarking on the Bible-reading journey. She wondered if I would mind answering some questions along her way. Here are her handful of her questions so far….

From My Notebook

Real Good News: A Baby

Here is the good news of the birth of baby Jesus from Luke’s gospel. In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to…

You Asked for It

Were There Elders in the Old Testament?

A brother asked an interesting and insightful question. “I understand the concept of leadership in the New Testament is represented through the eldership. Were there elders in the Old Testament as well?” We will dig into the answer because you asked for it. Throughout the histories of civilizations, people naturally tended to invest authority and…