First Sunday in Lent, March 9, 2015

Our One and Only

“Our One and Only” A sermon based on Psalm 91:1-2;9-16 Romans 10:8b-13 and Luke 4:1-13 delivered by the Rev. Alison Andrea Young on the First Sunday in Lent, March 9, 2025 at the First Congregational UCC of Onekama, Michigan.
(Our Theme throughout Lent will be the Lord’s Prayer. Today we explore the opening words: “Our Father . . .”)
If you have ever questioned the importance of the Hebrew scriptures as a foundation for the Christian witness, look no further than this morning’s lectionary readings. Everybody is quoting from them! And I mean, everybody, including and most significantly and chilling of all, the devil. I guess the devil really is in the details! Quotes from the prophets Isaiah and Joel, the Psalms and especially from the last book in the Torah, Deuteronomy, are peppered throughout these readings. . . .

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