Mark 1.12-13 And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. Daily living out Christ’s redemption in our lives “calls for...
1 Peter 3:18-22 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison who...
Mark 1.10-11 And just as he was coming up out of the water…a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” “To please God… to be a real ingredient in the divine happiness… to be loved by God, not merely pitied,...
Mark 1:9-10 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. “The Church does not dispense the sacrament...
Matthew 9:2-13 (ESV) And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is...
Matthew 6.12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. “What in retrospect we know about ourselves can always be only that we live by forgiveness.” – Karl Barth To follow Christ, we are called into a new way of doing life....
