Sacrifices Deal with the Consequences of Sin (Leviticus 6:24-7:10)

“You should tell the devil: ‘Just by telling me that I am a miserable, great sinner you are placing a sword and weapon into my hand with which I can decisively overcome you; yea, with your own weapon I can kill and floor you. For if you can tell me that I am a poor sinner, I on the other hand, can tell you that Christ died for sinners, and is their Intercessor . . . You remind me of the boundless, great faithfulness and benefaction of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ . . . to Him I direct you. You may accuse and condemn Him. Let me rest in peace; for on His shoulders, not on mine, lie all my sins.’”

— Martin Luther

Sacrifices Deal with the Consequences of Sin (Leviticus 6:24-7:10)
Rev. Bradley Barnes

Radical Solidarity (Ezekiel 20:33-38)

“We follow One who stood and wept at the grave of Lazarus – not surely, because He was grieved that Mary and Martha wept, and sorrowed for their lack of faith (though some thus interpret) but because death, the punishment of sin, is even more horrible in his eyes than in ours.”

—C.S. Lewis 

Radical Solidarity (Ezekiel 20:33-38)
Rev. Nathan Barczi

Unexpected Endings (Hebrews 9:11-15)

“Each day, it seems, thousands of Americans are going about their daily rounds - dropping off the kids at school, driving to the office, flying to a business meeting, shopping at the mall, trying to stay on their diets - and they're coming to the realization that something is missing. They are deciding that their work, their possessions, their diversions, their sheer busyness, is not enough. They want a sense of purpose, a narrative arc to their lives. They're looking to relieve a chronic loneliness, a feeling supported by a recent study that shows Americans have fewer close friends and confidants than ever before. And so they need an assurance that somebody out there cares about them, is listening to them - that they are not just destined to travel down that long highway towards nothingness”

—Barak Obama, 2008

Unexpected Endings (Hebrews 9:11-15)
Rev. Rick Lints

Within the Storms of Life (Jonah 1:11-16)

“When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down;
When I was sinking down, sinking down
When I was sinking down, beneath God’s righteous frown,
Christ laid aside his crown, for my soul, for my soul!
Christ laid aside his crown, for my soul!”

—What Wondrous Love is This

Within the Storms of Life (Jonah 1:11-16)
Rev. Bradley Barnes