If God is real, and if there is only ONE of him, then he is what connects our Old Testament to our New Testament. Specifically, we hear his Promise in the Old Testament, and experience its Fulfillment in the New Testament. If all the “little” promises of the Old Testament (of a land, of descendants, of deliverance, of a temple, of a Messiah, etc.) are seen together, we have the picture of God promising nothing less than Himself (and his loving, faithful work on our behalf). And if the New Testament accounts of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection are seen together, we have the picture of God fulfilling that Promise of Himself (and his effective works on our behalf).

LENT, then, becomes our time of ZOOMING IN on that picture… to FOCUS ourselves on that defining, climaxing event which effected the fulfillment of God’s Promise… the Passion of our Lord. In his book, He Chose The Nails, Max Lucado leads us to see the fulfillment of THE Promise by reviewing for us all the “little” promises of the Passion… God’s promise in the nails, God’s promise in the crown of thorns, God’s promise through the other two crosses, God’s promise in the wine-soaked sponge, etc. …what we are calling the Passionate Promises of God. In sermon form, we will be presenting these promises of God as portrayed by Max Lucado.

This will occur on our Lenten Wednesday evenings at 7:30 PM, as we travel round-robin style between the churches of Cedar (Cetronia), Nativity-St. Michael’s (Allentown), and St. Timothy. The presenter-preachers will be Pastors John Minnich, Don Billeck, Dick Stough, and yours truly. The schedule of topics and worship sites follows below. A time of food and fellowship will follow every worship. Grab a friend… Start a Car-pool… Focus your Lent on the Passionate Promises of God.

Baptized, together with You,