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In the Wilderness, Beloved

On March 10, 2025 By Josh EvansIn sermonsLeave a comment

St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York9 March 2025 + Lent 1cLuke 4:1-13The Rev. Josh Evans “The passion of Christ begins not in the week of suffering but already with the first day of his preaching,” as Dietrich Bonhoeffer observes, in a brief homily on this very gospel, preached to the students of the Berlin Technical …

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Don’t Tempt Me

On March 7, 2022 By Josh EvansIn sermonsLeave a comment

St. Philip Lutheran Church6 March 2022 + Lent 1cLuke 4.1-13Rev. Josh Evans Don’t tempt me. Written on a page, those words can hold a plethora of meanings. The key, of course, is in the tone. The server comes to your table: “Here’s our dessert menu!” “Don’t tempt me,” you chime back, knowing full well once …

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