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People adopt a posture of solitude while waiting, which is not only a good spiritual discipline, but also a great help in waiting. To sit alone in silence can be very redemptive. . . .
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May 21 | Wounded
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The Lord acts like a physician who must hurt the patient to produce healing. He seems violent, but the Lord knows something about wounds, and he knows how redemptive they can be. . . .
May 14 | Punished
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God administered deserved punishment to the Israelites for their unfaithfulness. The result was Lamentations, which we are working our way through. . . .
May 7 | Disciplined
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The people of Jeremiah’s day had a long stretch of discipline. The siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar took years; it ended in 586 BC when Jerusalem fell. The people of Jerusalem were still weeping in 571 BC when Jeremiah wrote Lamentations. . . .
April 30 | You Are Invited
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God invites all of creation to worship him. How extravagant should that worship be? . . .
April 23 | The Hurting Are Invited
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After feeding the 5,000 in the wilderness, Jesus retreated to the far northern country to gain some margin in his life. While there, he encountered a desperate mother . . .
April 16 | Sinners Are Invited
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This week we study two miracles of Jesus. The first is the cleansing of the leper (1:40-45). The second is the cleansing from sin and healing of the paralytic (2:1-12). Â
April 9 | All Nations Are Invited
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On this Easter Sunday, the church needs to remember that it has the best of the good news to share. The church dares not be stingy with it. . . .
April 2 | The Ordinary Are Invited
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Mark devoted one-third of his Gospel to the Passion experience of Jesus, and the first event in that experience was the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. . . .