Second Sunday in Lent
Today's Focus: Exactly What I Need: Faith I recognize that I need to be saved. When Jesus said, "No one can enter the kingdom of God," that included me. I do not deserve God's blessing. But long ago, God declared that I would be blessed by a descendant of Abraham who turned out to be Jesus. The blessing is salvation. I receive that salvation by faith in Jesus as my Savior. The good news is that faith is also God's gift, imparted to me through the gospel.
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Midweek Lenten Services
Today's Focus: It Is Finished: The Holy Week Prophecies of Zechariah The prophet Zechariah records several profound and specific prophecies regarding Jesus' Holy Week activity, including his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, his betrayal, and his suffering and death, culminating in his cry from the cross, "It is finished!" This midweek Lenten series explores those prophecies and connects them to their Holy Week fulfillment.
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Transfiguration of Our Lord
Today's Focus: Jesus Is the Son of God in Glory Jesus was a real human being, and he looked like it when he taught his disciples. But one day atop a high mountain, Jesus gave his disciples a glimpse of his glory as the Son of God. After he came down from the mountain, Jesus went to Jerusalem to suffer and die. it is good for us to view Jesus in glory on the mountain. It prepares us for Lent, and it prepares us for life.
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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Today's Focus: Jesus Calls You Salt and Light In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches us that form and function are closely connected. That means that who we are influences what we do. When God called us to faith, he declared that we were something new: light, salt, his children. Jesus encourages us to be what God says we are as a way of blessing the world through us.
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