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Jesus Draws Away: poem and prayer from Matthew 14
inspired by Matthew 14:1-21 John the Baptizer at his highest pointspoke to soft souls of God's rigorous way,of the need for true repentance to jointhe highway of God's holiness today.But now, good John, imprisoned unjustly,caught up in the machinations of power,is dead. A young girl's passion-dance swiftlybrought a king's rash vow—John's death in an hour.That …
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Led by the Spirit into the Wilderness
Ivan Kramskoi, “Christ in the Desert,” 1872 (oil on canvas) inspired by Matthew 4:1-11 Led by the Spirit into the wildernessJesus fasted from foodto the extremes of human possibility.And it was then,then, that the devil set to work. Then the devil set to workchipping away at Jesus' identity:"If you are the Son of God..."Immediately after …
What If God Is Leading Us Into the Wilderness?
This is a repost of something I wrote back in February 2021. It ties in with some of what I preached about in my message this weekend at Eastbrook. Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. (Matthew 4:1) What if God is leading us into the …
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Beginning Lent with Jesus :: Ivan Kramskoi, “Christ in the Desert”
Ivan Kramskoi, "Christ in the Desert," 1872 (oil on canvas) The journey of Lent begins with attention on Jesus. We trace His pathway through incarnate life to death on the Cross. One of the first inklings we have in the Gospels that Jesus' life will bring salvation at a great cost comes in the prophetic …
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Matthew Erickson 