26-Mar-23 Ezekiel 37:1-14 5th Sunday in Lent And they were very dry. The vision that Ezekiel sees in his dream is one of hopelessness and desolation. Ezekiel has been caught up by the Spirit of the Lord, and that same Spirit has set him down in a valley that is littered with the evidence of […]
Month: March 2023
Allowing God to do God’s Work
19-Mar-23 John 9:1-41 Fourth Sunday in Lent Sin is a very popular topic for people to talk about. As long, of course, as it is not our sin that they are talking about. Even though it is OK for us to talk about the sins of others, we do not want anyone to ever talk […]
Christ Died for the Ungodly
12-Mar-23 Romans 5:6-11 Third Sunday in Lent In this passage, the Apostle Paul, freely, gladly, and without any apology at all, uses four rather uncomplimentary terms to describe what we were like before we gave our lives to Jesus Christ. They are not nice, they are not pleasant, and they are completely offensive. And there’s […]
The Decision
05-Mar-23 Matthew 26:36-56 Second Sunday in Lent One of the great Baptist heresies, and there are many, is that we will not allow Jesus to be human. We give only lip service to his humanity. At Christmastime, we speak of the incarnation, and we talk about God in the flesh, but really, we don’t want […]