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Matthew 17:21, Mark 9:29

Sorrow and anxiety cannot eat: joy celebrates its feasts with eating and drinking… We are creatures of the senses: our mind is helped by what comes to us embodied in concrete form; fasting helps to ex...

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God is our provider, our protector, and our salvation

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The Pastor's Workshop

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Matthew 4:1-10, Luke 4:1-13, Mark 1:12-13

Leader: God is our provider, our protector, and our salvation. The voice of the world says: “Turn to me to provide you food, shelter, and everything you need.” People: The Word of God is our bread....

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O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger

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Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

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Psalm 6:1-5, 8-9, Mark 5:25–34

Leader: O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; People: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. My soul also is gre...

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Gracious God, you receive us in your gentle arms

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Steve Garnaas Holmes

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Isaiah 61:1-3, 2 Kings 20:1-5, Exodus 15:25-26, Mark 5:25-34, Luke 4:18-19, Psalm 147:3

Gracious God, you receive us in your gentle arms. You anoint us with your healing presence. Help us to be mindful of your mercy, your deep compassion for the wounds of the world, and your willing pres...

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Repentance: A Mental Revolution

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Lesslie Newbigin

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Isaiah 55:6-9 , Jonah 3:1-10, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Mark 1:14-15, Romans 12:2, Psalm 51:10-12

Lesslie Newbigin, the great missiologist and missionary, shares a powerful analogy of repentance from his days serving as a missionary in India. I remember once visiting a village in the Madras di...

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Your Cell Will Teach You Everything

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Thomas Merton

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Psalm 46:10, 1 Kings 19:9-18, Matthew 5:5-15, Daniel 3:19-27, Exodus 13:21-22, Mark 1:35-39, Luke 5:16, Matthew 4:1-11, Mark 1:12-13, Genesis 32:24-30, Psalm 62:1, Hosea 2:14, Habakkuk 2:1, 1 Samuel 3:1-10, Isaiah 26:3

A certain brother went to Abbot Moses in Scete, and asked him for a good word. And the Elder said to him: Go, sit in your cell and your cell will teach you everything. An elder said: The monk’s ce...

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Esau McCaulley

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Matthew 6:1-21, Matthew 5:16, Luke 6:20-21, Matthew 25:34-36, Mark 12:41-44

Yes, we mark our heads with ashes—public shows of piety are not in themselves evil. But we must guard our motivations and do most of our spiritual work in private, because the privacy of those acts re...

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Sixth Sunday in Lent, Liturgy of the Palms

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Allen Thompson

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Isaiah 50:4-9, Philippians 2:5-11, Isaiah 50:4-9a, Mark 11:1-11, Psalm 31:9-16

Lent 2024: Do This in Remembrance Remembering the Servant's Ascent AIM commentary Ancient lens What's the historical context? The Servant of the Lord This is the third of Isaiah’s...

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Maundy Thursday

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Allen Thompson

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Exodus 12:1-14, Hebrews 10:16-25, Exodus 12:1-14, Mark 11:1-11, Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19, Psalm 31:9-16, Philippians 2:5-11, Mark 11:1-11

AIM commentary Ancient lens What's the historical context? Original Passover If you frequent any web sites that have thread or message board formats, you occasionally run into the acronym “...

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Second Sunday in Lent

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Casey Clark

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Romans 4:13-25, Romans 4:13-25, Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16, Mark 8:31-38, Psalm 22:23-31, Genesis 12:1-5, Genesis 15:1-6, Genesis 17:1-7, Ephesians 3:1-6, Galatians 2:1-14, Galatians 3:6-9, Romans 4:4, Galatians 3:3

Lent 2024: Do This in Remembrance Remembrance and Gratitude AIM commentary Ancient lens What's the historical context? Ancient Boundaries The world of Jesus and of the early church sa...

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First Sunday in Lent

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Casey Clark

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1 Peter 3:18-22, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Genesis 9:8-17, Mark 1:9-15, Psalm 25:1-10, 1 Peter 4:6, 1 Peter 4:12, Ephesians 3:14-19, Ephesians 3:null, Psalm 25:6-7, 1 Peter 4:10-11

Lent 2024: Do This in Remembrance The Sufficiency of Jesus' Sacrifice AIM commentary Ancient lens What's the historical context? The times after Jesus’ ascension were both an excit...

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Second Sunday in Lent

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Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

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Genesis 17:1-7, Romans 4:13-25, Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16, Mark 8:31-38, Psalm 22:23-31, Genesis 12:1-3

Lent 2021: A 40-day Heart Restoration A Promise to Bless AIM Commentary Ancient Lens What can we learn from the historical context? From Noah to Abraham Last week, we looked at the story ...

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First Sunday in Lent

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Scott B. Bullock

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Genesis 9:8-17, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Genesis 9:8-17, Mark 1:9-15, Psalm 25:1-10, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 6:6-8, Genesis 8:21-22, Genesis 17:4-7, Romans 5:6-8, Genesis 8:22, Revelation 2:4, John 13:35, Romans 5:17

Lent 2021: A 40-day Heart Restoration Destruction No More Bonus Content: Video prep session with Scott Bullock on Genesis 9:8-17 . Password: fHUk*p2* AIM Commentary Ancient Lens What can we ...

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The Great Temptation

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Alan Fadling

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Isaiah 26:3, Mark 6:31, Habakkuk 2:3, Psalm 27:14, Genesis 8:22

In his excellent book, An Unhurried Life, Alan Fadling describes one of our greatest temptations in the modern age—hurry: Hurry is a great temptation. Hurry looks like impulsive, knee-jerk reactions...

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The Spirit & Temptation

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Matthew 4:1, Matthew 4:3, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Romans 5:3-5, Mark 1:12-13, 1 Kings 19:4-8, James 1:2-4

In their excellent book Invitation to a Journey , M. Robert Mulholland and Ruth Haley Barton discuss the poignant insight that it is the Spirit that leads Jesus into the Wildnerness. What does this...

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