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True Abundance
The return of temptation is a reminder of what our resistance to temptation is really about. Keeping faith in a life full of hope.
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The real temptation
Stories of Jesus’s temptation are great opportunities for us to examine what tempts us. It goes much deeper than we usually think.
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Tempted Again—for Lent 2B
When Jesus says to Peter “Get behind me, Satan!” he’s resisting temptation; which means something Peter said tempts him.
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Between the First and Second Sunday of Lent (Year B)
As Jesus offers his first Passion prediction, he does so knowing that the disciples are afraid to know what it is that they already know.
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Not the Worst News
The thing about Jesus’s rebuke of Peter is that we don’t see it coming. But we should. We’re often in Peter’s shoes.
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Satan As a Swear Word
There is such power in this rebuke that it shatters our focus on the moment. Like when a trusted authority uses a swear word.
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Condemning Our Fear of Silence
In the first Passion prediction in Mark 8:31-38, Peter speaks when he should be listening, revealing how important it is to listen — because we’re likely to get the mission of Jesus wrong. We are so bothered by silence, we struggle to hear Jesus Lent 2B | Mark 8:31-38 This story of Jesus is one…
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It’s All About Winning
a Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent, B Text: Mark 8:31-38 This is Winning? “Jesus saves.” A pithy and precise statement if ever there were one. Jesus Saves. He does. But how? From what? It is a statement too simple to be accurate. Jesus is Messiah and Liberator, Conqueror and King. But every image…