The Way of Forgiveness
Today, we see that The Way of the Cross is also The Way of Forgiveness—not only receiving God’s mercy but learning to extend it to others. The parable of the prodigal son teaches us about forgiveness from three perspectives: the one who needs it, the one who struggles to give it, and the Father who offers it freely.
The Way of Repentance
Jesus calls us to repent not to make us feel guilty or ashamed, but to free us from our guilt and shame. He calls us to repent so we can be free and have new life. So today, let’s hear His call, trust in His grace, and walk the Way of Repentance.
The Way of Suffering
Last week, we began our journey through The Way of the Cross by looking at The Way of Trust—Jesus’ trust in the Father’s Word, plan, and protection, even in the wilderness of temptation.
Today, we see Jesus continuing on that path, walking toward suffering with full knowledge of what awaits Him in Jerusalem.
The Christian life is not one of avoiding suffering but following Christ through it. Today, we learn what it means to walk The Way of Suffering.
The Way of Trust
This Lent, we will be walking the Way of the Cross. We will follow Jesus’ journey to the cross and reflect on what it really means to follow Him, focussing on a different aspect of that Way of the Cross each of the five Sundays during Lent. We begin the journey with Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness in Luke 4. Through being tempted as we are, yet without sin, Jesus shows us The Way of Trust.
From death to life
Jesus describes his coming suffering and death to his disciples in a very honest way and even admits that it scares him. Yet, his determination to bring glory to God’s name is far greater than his fear of what’s to come.
Why do you believe in Jesus?
Belief in Jesus is no longer a given. Why do we believe in Jesus? This is a foundational question that each of us should be able to answer. Our gospel reading provides some direction as we consider this simple, yet challenging question.
The Cross, the Crux, and the Call
As we continue on our Lenten journey of repentance, we are faced with quite a challenging word. As Jesus explains the path of suffering ahead for him and asks the disciples to follow him straight into the furnace, Peter’s response of confusion reveals something about the human heart.
Baptism, Wilderness, and Repentance
During these forty days of Lent, may you hear Jesus’ call to repent not as a threat, but with the promise of forgiveness that he will make possible for us on the cross.
Good grief
Martha has been grieving the death of her brother for the last four days by the time Jesus finally arrives. It’s not hard for us to identify with her grief, since we grieve in many ways as human beings.
True worship
This is quite a long conversation that covers a range of topics, so we can’t cover everything here. The key question for us here is, “What is true worship?”