Yesterday was the first Sunday of Lent. Throughout history, Lent has been a season during which Christians and churches engage in spiritual self-examination and renewal. Lent invites us to see the real ugliness of our sin and, even more, the wonder and beauty of Jesus’ amazing grace.
Over the next few Sundays, our sermons will explore the biblical doctrine of repentance. As Esau McCaulley has observed, Lent is “inescapably about repenting… repentance is a change in direction, a Spirit-empowered turning around.”
And so, one of my prayers for our church during this Lenten season is that we’ll experience a “Spirit-empowered turning around.” That we would turn from trying to be our own saviors, and instead turn to Jesus, resting in the identity he has secured for us.
In hope,
Pastor Bijan
We kicked off a new sermon series on Repentance! Interested in rewatching yesterday’s service?
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