Tuesday, April 8, 2014 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to […]
Lenten Devotional 2014
Hard Questions of Faith–Mon, April 7, 2014
Monday, April 7, 2014 When I came to you, brothers and sisters,* I did not come proclaiming the mystery* of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. 2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.—1 Cor 2:1-2 Why was Jesus crucified? Free us, God, from the temptation to ignore the […]
Sun, Apr 6, 2014
Sunday, April 6, 2014 He entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax-collector and was rich. 3He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. 4So he ran ahead and climbed a sycomore tree […]
Hard Questions of Faith–Sat, Apr 5, 2014
Saturday, April 5, 2014 He put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; 32it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the […]
Hard Questions of Faith–Friday, Apr 4, 2014
Friday, April 4, 2014 But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters* beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits* for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth. –2 Thessalonians 2:13 Does God choose some people for salvation and not others? How can […]
Hard Questions of Faith–Thursday, April 3, 2014
Thursday, April 3, 2014 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven–Ecclesiastes 3:1 Sometimes we like to say everything happens for a reason. Is that really true? God, we long to understand why things happen. Even when we cannot understand, help us find the potential for new […]
Hard Questions of Faith–Wed, April 2, 2014
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour; and he said to him, ‘All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Away with you, Satan! for it […]
Hard Questions of Faith–Tuesday, April 1
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple,6saying to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, “He will command his angels concerning you”, and “On their hands they will bear you up, so […]
Hard Questions of Faith–Monday, March 31, 2014
Monday, March 31, 2014 The tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.’ 4But he answered, ‘It is written, “One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” ’ Matthew 4:3-4 If you […]
Hard Questions of Faith–Mar 30, 2014
Sunday, March 30, 2014 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.–Matthew 4:1 We know Jesus faced temptation, just as we do. Did he sometimes yield to temptation, just as we do? If not, can he know what it really is like to be human? […]