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Your Wilderness

And the Spirit immediately drove Jesus out into the wilderness. Mark 1:12 In Biblical terms…the wilderness is usually not a place we want to go to. Going back to the Old Testament the people of God are in the wilderness for 40 years…and it wasn’t because Moses refused to stop and ask for directions. It…

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Temptation, Lies and Godstuff

A couple of years ago I got to the Lenten season and I decided that I would do something a little bit different. I was going to give something up for Lent. I don’t normally give up something up for Lent. It just has not been part of my piety growing up, but that year…

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Face Any Temptations Lately?

Lent 1 NEW DAY SERMON The season of Lent always opens with the story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness from either Matthew, Mark or Luke.  The question for us as we engage this story is whether God is concerned about our petty temptations like chocolate or expensive baubles or fast cars … or whether…