A brief reading from scripture and with comments from Pastor Hinkle
Tag Archives: Lent
Five Minutes for Lent, Episode 4
A short reading from 1 John 4 followed by a few comments by Pastor Hinkle
Five Minutes for Lent, Episode 3
A reading from 1 John 4 with a few comments by Pastor Hinkle.
Five Minutes for Lent, Episode 2
A brief reading from the Gospel of John with a few comments by Pastor Hinkle
His Greatest Desire
What power would the devil and the world have over us if they couldn’t use the things we want for leverage? Even our desire to serve God and work for his good pleasure can get so twisted that we fall deeper and deeper into sin. Which raises an interesting question, what did Jesus desire? Mark says he was in the wilderness being tempted by the devil. What levers was Satan pulling? What buttons was he pushing? How did Jesus triumph?
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