by Thomas Ryden | Apr 13, 2017 | Lenten Blog 2017
By Jared Adams Lamentations 1, 2, & 3; and John 13 Ruin is the subject of the book of Lamentations, but it is a ruin of a particularly painful sort, because it is a ruin that is earned. While Job could stand and say “I have been wronged; I did not sin...
by Thomas Ryden | Apr 10, 2017 | Blog, Lenten Blog 2017
By Robert Finley Hosea 14 and Deuteronomy 30 “If you want to live well, make sure you understand all of this. If you know what’s good for you, you’ll learn this inside and out. God’s paths get you where you want to go. Right-living people walk them easily;...
by Thomas Ryden | Apr 6, 2017 | Blog, Lenten Blog 2017
By Susan Ridgell John 12 As a child, I was confused by Palm Sunday. It seemed like a mini-Easter, with triumphant All Glory, Laud, and Honor leading the way. I knew it wasn’t Easter. But there were palms waving. Palms – we only got those one Sunday a year, and waving...
by Thomas Ryden | Apr 3, 2017 | Lenten Blog 2017
By David Sincerbox 1 Timothy 1 Today’s New Testament Lenten reading is taken from Paul’s letter to his young pupil, Timothy, in 1st Timothy 1. The epistle to Timothy is in a collection of three letters of Paul known as the Pastoral Epistles, two that were written to...
by Thomas Ryden | Mar 30, 2017 | Lenten Blog 2017
By Michelle Bickers John 9 I’m not really sure what company thought it would be a great idea to manufacture a plush Jesus, but one did and it’s been in our household for a good many years now. My son, Benji, tells me that a church we visited in Memphis gave it to us...
by Thomas Ryden | Mar 27, 2017 | Lenten Blog 2017
By Sandy Kizer Matthew 16 & John 7 But who do you say I am? This question was asked to Peter by Jesus at Caesarea Philippi. Without hesitation, Peter unequivocally answered “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus responded to Peter by saying...
