Lent Week One—ThursdayPsalm 19 Deuteronomy 9:23-10:5 Hebrew 4:1-10 John 3:16-21 Recently Dean Johnson preached a wonderful sermon about the ministry of light and salt. This meditation does not really reflect the message of his sermon but the words “light” and “salt” struck my imagination. We as Christians are certainly called to be both light and… Continue reading St. Mark’s Lenten Thoughts, Thursday in the First Week of Lent
Henry Ossawa Tanner - Jesus and Nicodemus Lent Week One—Wednesday Deut. 9:13-21 Psalm 119:49-72 Heb. 3:12-19 John 2:23-3:15 In John 2, Nicodemus, leader of the Pharisees and the most renowned teacher of his day, has come to Jesus under cover of night, to question Him. “Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts, Wednesday in the First Week of Lent
Lent Week One—Tuesday Psalm 48, Deuteronomy 9:4-12, Hebrews 3:1-11, John 2: 13-22 After giving Moses the ten commandments, God orders Moses to return to the Israelite camp because: “They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten image,” v. 12. The writer of Hebrews uses… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts, Tuesday in the First Week of Lent
Lent Week One—Monday Psalm 41, Deuteronomy 8:11-20, Hebrews 2:11-18, John 2:1-12 At some point in our lives, we fear death. The first time we lose someone to death, someone we love dearly, we learn that life is ever changing, never constant. This can bring many feelings to the surface: fear, depression, anger, etc. Fifty-five years… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts, Monday in The First Week of Lent
First Sunday in Lent Psalm 32 Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Romans 5: 12-19 Matthew 4: 1-11 The gracious gift of God and His Son, Jesus Christ bore the sins for us by dying on the cross. That set us free. Thanks be to Jesus Christ, the true Son of God. Then Jesus went to the desert… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts, The First Sunday In Lent
The Carpenter's Nail 