Sermons on Lent

The 40-day season beginning with Ash Wednesday and ending on Good Friday; during this time, Christians are often devoted to fasting, abstinence, and penitence in commemoration of Christ’s fasting in the wilderness.

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April 5, 2020 Palm Sunday Scripture readings – John 12: 1-19 Lent is a church season of preparation…we are getting ready for Easter and all the triumph and promise and dreams that follow that magnificent, incredible event.  Lent’s 40 days gives …

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March 29, 2020 Fifth Sunday in Lent Scripture readings – Ezekiel 37: 1-14 and John 9: 1-41 Throughout our lifetimes, each of us will encounter someone who enjoys asking trick questions.   Sometimes these are clever or funny; usually they either make …

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March 22, 2020 Fourth Sunday in Lent Scripture readings – 1st Samuel 16: 1-13 & John 9: 1-41 Living in these recent times has given all of us different sights that most of us have NEVER seen before!  I keep …

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March 15, 2020 Third Sunday in Lent Scripture readings – Exodus 17: 1-7 & John 4: 5-42 So…it seems that this couple approached the pastor after services on Sunday morning.  They wanted their newborn, second child to be baptized in …

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March 8, 2020 Second Sunday in Lent Scripture readings – Genesis 12: 1-9 and John 3: 1-21 Two separate stories of unexpected visitors in our Scripture readings for today; in one of them, God visited a human being… in the …

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March 1, 2020 First Sunday in Lent Scripture reading – Matthew 4: 1-11 A common expression when someone has passed away is to ponder: “If I only had one more day with him or her…I would love that.”  This is …

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February 26, 2020 Ash Wednesday Scripture reading – Isaiah 58: 1-12 From Gruden’s Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testaments, the following comments on the concept of fasting: Fasting has, in all ages and among all nations, been much …