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My message from this past Good Friday, "Voices at the Cross," has now been posted online so that you can listen to it here. When Jesus began His journey to the Cross, He was surrounded by voices. There were the fickle voices of the crowd. There were the betraying and denying voices of the disciples. …
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Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. (Psalm 20:7) Lord, You are greater than any human power. You created all human power and stand behind it all, sustaining all creation. My trust is not in human power. It comes and it goes. It …
The prophet Ezekiel catches our attention by telling the story of Israel in graphic terms of adultery and prostitution. God's people are like a wife to God. He rescued her from oppressors and lovingly cared for her. Even so, she turns away again and again to other lovers. The story begins with God's gracious care …
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day journey (minus Sundays) toward Easter. Often you see people walking around with a dark smudge of ashes on their forehead. It is a sign of our mortality; "that we are dust" (Psalm 103:14) and to dust we shall return. Lent is so much more than a …
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Matthew Erickson 