Lent 2020
The Victory of Love
Read Zephaniah 3:14-20 and Matthew 23:37 “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will...
Read Zephaniah 3:14-20 and Matthew 23:37 “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will...
Read Zechariah 12:10-11 and John 19:31-37 “…they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son”...
Read Isaiah 50:3-6 and Matthew 27:27-31 “I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face...
Read Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Matthew 26:28 “The days are coming…when I will make a new covenant with the people…I will put my law in their minds and write it on...
Read Zechariah 11:12-13 and Matthew 27:6-10 I closely follow the news about refugees, asylum seekers and other immigrants, people made in the image of God. I read about conflicts resulting...
Read Daniel 9:25-26 and Galatians 1:3-5 “… the Anointed One will be cut off…” (Daniel 9:26) What a disturbing message Daniel received from the archangel Gabriel. The long-awaited Messiah will...
Read Isaiah 53:3 and Luke 4:28-29 “He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he...
Read Zechariah 9:9 and Matthew 21:8-10 “Then Jesus said, ‘Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?'” (John 11:40) This is one...
Despite the many prophecies pointing to the coming Messiah’s suffering, the extent to which Christ would suffer was shocking. However horrible, Christ’s suffering is significant. Without His rejection, without Him being beaten and ridiculed, bound...
Just why do infants cry and put every toy in their mouth in the church nursery? Why do preschoolers believe that both Jesus and Peppa Pig are real? How can we know...