TOPIC INDEXLent (20)

  1. Gospel: Mark 8:27-38 (Lent 2: Series B)

    book
    02/21/21
    11 mins
    By Peter Nafzger
    Make no mistake, the life to which Jesus is calling His disciples is radically other than what our world preaches.

  2. Gospel: Mark 1:9-15 (Lent 1: Series B)

    book
    02/14/21
    12 mins
    By Peter Nafzger
    This forty-day season of preparation for Easter is an opportunity for the people of God to rededicate themselves to hearing and responding to Jesus’ call to repent.

  3. Gospel: John 12:20-43 (Sunday of the Passion: Series C)

    book
    04/07/19
    9 mins
    By Peter Nafzger
    It’s the following that caught my attention this week. It seems especially appropriate to consider this Sunday, for Holy Week is designed to help Christians follow Jesus through his last and consequential days.

  4. Gospel: Luke 20:9-20 (Lent 5: Series C)

    book
    03/31/19
    9 mins
    By Peter Nafzger
    What he says in this parable has significance for us today, and needs to be preached. But the application is not direct and therefore should be done carefully.

  5. Gospel: Luke 15:1-3, 11-13 (Lent 4: Series C)

    book
    03/24/19
    12 mins
    By Peter Nafzger
    The Parable of the Prodigal Son is a familiar story. This creates a challenge for the preacher.

  6. Gospel: Luke 13:1-9 (Lent 3: Series C)

    book
    03/17/19
    11 mins
    By Peter Nafzger
    We’re tempted to try and connect the dots. Something bad happens to someone and we can’t help but wonder about the cause. Even if we don’t say it out loud, we are tempted to think they must have done something to deserve it. They must be guilty of something. God must be punishing them for something we don’t know about. But Jesus stops this thinking in its tracks.

  7. Gospel: Luke 13:31-35 (Lent 2: Series C)

    book
    03/10/19
    10 mins
    By Peter Nafzger
    I don’t think the people of Jerusalem designed to reject God. They didn’t wake up one day and decide that, instead of listening to God, they would make it their mission to kill him. They were deceived. Blinded. Deluded by sin and its author. As a result, they were unable and unwilling to hear the Word of the Lord.

  8. Gospel: Luke 4:1-13 (Lent 1: Series C)

    book
    03/03/19
    9 mins
    By Peter Nafzger
    There are two ways to think about what’s happening when someone is tempted. The first is to imagine temptation as enticement toward something bad and wrong. This is probably the more common of the two. But there’s another way of thinking about it. Temptation could also be seen as encouragement away from something good and right.