Be Joyful and Watch Out for the Snakes

a sermon for the 4th Sunday in Lent

John 3:16 is perhaps the most famous verse of the bible.  But we really can’t understand it without pondering the question, “How is Jesus like a snake?”

 

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Ten Simple Rules

a sermon for the 3rd Sunday in Lent

Today, we tend to think of the Ten Commandments as the basis for God’s law and punishment.  But what if they are something else entirely?

 

The Crux of the Matter

a sermon for the 2nd Sunday in Lent

When Jesus told the disciples that he would suffer, die on a cross, and be raised from the dead, Peter found himself at a cross-roads.  This is the crux of the Gospel: that as followers of Jesus, we must set ourselves aside for the sake of the others.