The Lord is slow to anger, gracious and merciful - and is always offering everyone a second chance in Christ. That is Good News for us, even as it is bad news for those expecting judgment on others instead of looking for repentance and trust.

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Peter both confessed that Jesus was the Christ and that he should shun suffering and the cross. Which was his "confession?" From a certain perspective, it was both. 

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"Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him sand let none of his words fall to the ground." 1 Samuel 3:19. Our words often fall like sheets of ice off a skyscraper. But God's Word never fails to heal even when at first it might hurt.

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The Lord set Israel apart to be a light in a darkened world. But God's people are too often interested in the selfishness of being special than being special by sacrificing themselves. 

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We find the grace of God in the face of Jesus his Son. 

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Mary had Elizabeth, the shepherds and the women at the empty tomb had each other. God draws us to him in Christ while drawing us to one another. 

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The Lord always meant to be with us where we are, rather than making us be with Him where He is.  

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"As for me, I am a condemned sinner redeemed by one I did not know, whose feet have been washed clean by one whose sandals I am unworthy to untie." Text, John 1:19-28. 

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Mark is a Gospel written for those in a hurry to hear some Good News. It begins simply with John the Baptist calling us to change our minds, and to prepare through baptism for the Coming One's arrival. 

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What was Jesus thinking when he rode into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?  Was he trying to get himself killed? Actually, that started with his coming at the first Christmas. Jesus knows what we will do to him, but he comes to redeem us all the same.

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