Jesus as the new Israel, Lent, Wilderness, Wilderness Wanderings, Temptation, Testing, Trials, Mark 1, Matthew 4, Repentance, Tempted by the devil, temptation of Christ, temptation of Jesus, Deuteronomy 6-8, fasting, 40 days and 40 nights, no fear in the wilderness, the world, the flesh, the devil, let the Holy Spirit drive you, preparation for ministry

Imposition of ashes, Penitence, Penitential, Lent, Inhabiting Lent, Ash Wednesday, Sacrifice, Empty-Handed, Isaiah 58, Matthew 6, Letting Go, Giving Up, Fasting, Fast, Sabbath, Sabbath People, Generosity, Alms Giving, Contemplation, Study, Prayer, Devotion, Sin, Holy Grief, Holy Sadness, Repentance, Return from Exile, Turning Around, Surrender, Forgiveness, Appearance vs. reality, ashes, mortality, remember that you are dust, humility

Transfiguration, Feast of the Transfiguration, The way up is the way down, glory and suffering, Moses, Elijah, Mark 9, Epiphany

Great Commission, Matthew 28, Revelation 7, multi ethic church, racial reconciliation, all tribes, tongues and nations, mission, missionary people, missionality, love your neighbor, everyday missionaries

Knowledge puffs up, love builds up, legalism, corrective theology, Paul, Epistles, Corinthians, known by God, food sacrificed to idols, weaker brother, weaker sister, guilty conscience, Chesterton, rights, freedom in Christ, American civil rights, pride, judgment, how well do you love, I corinthians 9, I Corinthians 8, lay down your rights, service, Jesus, Gospel

John 1, Light and Dark, 1 Samuel 3, Come and See, Gospel, Jesus Christ, Faith

Baptism, Baptism of Jesus, Gospel, Mark 1, John the Baptist, John the Baptizer, Epiphany, 3 Magi, 3 Wise Men, Mission, Missional, Missionality, Light of the World, Light for the World, Jordan River, Solidarity, Emmanuel, God with us, God for us, identification, Holy Spirit, signs and seals, sign, sacrament, sacramental, Trinity, Holy Trinity, Trinitarian moment, The great exchange, mission of God, East Charlotte, mission field

Jeremiah 31, Matthew 2, Christmastide, 12 day of Christmas, Emmanuel, God with us, God for us, slaughter of the innocents. Isaiah 53:3, Holy Family, Flight to Egypt, exile, refugees, darkness pushing back, out fo Egypt, Nazareth, from the margins, God of the margins, Over the Rhine, Bluer, Love is never far from danger, Malcolm Muggeridge, The End of Christendom, The end of our rope, vulnerability, God is our help in times of trouble

Incarnation, John 1, Galatians 3, Psalm 147, Isaiah 61, Isaiah 62, Christmas, Christmastide, 12 Days of Christmas, He's Here, John's Prologue, New beginnings, Holy Trinity, Colossians 1, In the Beginning, Genesis 1, Light of the world, Light shines in the darkness, the darkness has not overcome it, battle of dark and light, Word made flesh, tabernacle, Emmanuel, God with Us, God for us, Song of the Father's Glory

Virgin Birth, Luke 1, Gabriel, angels, Mary, Theotokos, Immaculate Conception, The Annunciation, Faith, Surrender, Advent, Waiting, Do Not Be Afraid, Messiah, Son of God, Son of the Most High, Holy Spirit, Nothing is impossible with God, There's Something About Mary, Preparation, the Christ Child, 2 Samuel 7