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Lenten Devotional Series Day 36. Today’s meditation is on Philippians 4:10-13. The Apostle Paul echoes the 10th Commandment in his letter from prison to the church in Philippi: I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no…

Lenten Devotional Series Day 35. Today’s meditation is on the Tenth Commandment, “You shall not covet,” Exodus 20:17. In the 10th Commandment, God prohibits “inordinate” desires. Why? Because, as we saw yesterday, God loves us so much that he wants for us to be at peace, not only with one another, but also in our hearts. Consequently,…

Lenten Devotional Series Day 34. Today’s meditation is on the Tenth Commandment, “You shall not covet.” Exodus 20:17. I once read an article in which an atheist ridiculed the 10th Commandment, because, unlike the other nine, it commanded inner thoughts and desires rather than actions. What he didn’t understand was that the first nine commandments share the…

Lenten Devotional Series Day 33. Today’s meditation is on Ephesians 4:11-16. Some years ago I had a job with a number of other young people who were at best habitually sarcastic and at worst both cutting and cruel. I’m sorry to say that I was no exception. This wasn’t a matter of intentionality. We didn’t…

Lenten Devotional Series Day 32. Today’s meditation is on the Ninth Commandment, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Exodus 20:16. I love DC’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival. People flood into Washington from far and wide to celebrate the city’s emergence from its long winter nap. Every year at this time I remember what a…

Lenten Devotional Series Day 31. Today’s meditation is on the Ninth Commandment, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Exodus 20:16. The ten commandments are the basic ethical framework for God’s redeemed community. They provide foundational principles for community life, which are then further expanded in the rest of the Mosaic law and the…

  Learn. Grow. Feast. Serve. Discipleship Academy is a weekly, pastor-led gathering of 12 men and women for the purpose of Christian discipleship.  We cover five six-week modules over the course of a year. Our first group started in early January. We’re starting a new group in the first week in May.

Lenten Devotional Series Day 30. Today’s meditation is on Eph 4:25-32. In some parts of the world, people use an elegant method to trap monkeys. They hollow out a gourd or coconut and put a hole in it just big enough for a monkey’s open paw to squeeze through, put something desirable inside it like…

Lenten Devotional Series Day 29. Today’s meditation is on the Eighth Commandment, “You shall not steal,” in Exodus 20:15. Implicit in the Eighth Commandment’s prohibition against stealing is a Christian ethic of generous living in response to God’s gracious provision for us. This way of life is commended throughout the Scriptures in a variety of…

Lenten Devotional Series Day 28. Today’s meditation is on the eighth commandment, “You shall not steal,” found in Exodus 20:15. The eighth commandment is not difficult to understand. A small child can read it and grasp its meaning. But it is difficult for us to obey.