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Volume234 Numbers FEBRUARY 25. 2007 · THE LIVING CHURCH 3 SUNDAY'SREADINGS Church Development Institute Idolsof Temptation Seattle 2007 June 18 - 29 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve cmly him' 2008 June 16 - 27 (Luke 4:8b) www.CDITrainers.org For more information: TheFirst Sunday in Lent(Year C), Feb. 25, 2007 Robert A. Gallagher BCP:Deut. 26: (1-4)5-11; Psalm 91 or 91 :9-15; Rom. 10:(5-Sa)Sb-13; Luke 4: 1-13 RCL:Deut. 26:1-11; Psalm 91 :1-2, 9-16; Rom. 10:Sb-13; Luke 4:1-13 206-285-4647 [email protected] Idols are anything less than God world. Certainly this vast authority that we substitute for God or worship could be used for good, and many - For lay & clergy leaders as God. Idols can be things that are could share its glory. Real needs could - Developinga healthierparish good, but less than God. It is possible be helped. But this power is another - Developingcompetence and use of "self" to make a need, a desire, or a idol, and the price for its availability is as leaders possession into an idol. The most the devil's worship. Jesus refuses. - Anglicanapproach to congregational alluring idols can be the ones that Finally, Jesus faces the temptation of development seem to be most essential and certainty. The devil offers a way for him important to us. In this way something to prove his identity beyond question. If - Membershipgrowth rooted in an organic good in itself can become harmful. Jesus will throw himself down from the and appreciativeapproach After 40 days in the wilderness pinnacle of the temple, God's angels - Experientialeducation grounded without food, Jesus is famished. His will protect him. That dramatic rescue in soundtheory hunger is very real, but his need will provide solid proof and certainty. - Projects& readingin-between summers becomes the basis for his first He will not even need faith. But Jesus temptation in the wilderness. If Jesus avoids this temptation as well, saying is the Son of God, the devil says, he that God should not be put "to the test" can command a stone to become a (Luke 4:12). God is not a laboratory loaf of bread. That would satisfy his experiment, and the desire for certainty Would need. But there is more for Jesus to in faith is a dangerous idol. consider. His temptation is to put his We can find and know God through hunger first and make an idol of his the everyday circumstances and you like need. His food would come at a price situations of our lives, including our that he will not pay. Jesus cannot live daily needs. But if we abuse these to help "by bread alone" (Luke 4:4). things or make idols of them, they The next temptation is power. The obstruct our faith and keep us from devil offers Jesus the glory and God. Nothing less than God will our ministry? authority of all the kingdoms of the satisfy our need for God. Consider a gift to LookIt Up The Litany of Penitence in the Ash Wednesday service includes the confession THELlvrNG CHURCHFund. of "our intemperate love of worldly goods and comforts, and our dishonesty in daily life and work" (BCP,p. 268). No gift is too large or too small and all gifts are tax-deductible. ThinkAbout It What are your idols? What things do you put in the place of God in your life? For more information, NextSunday please call our business office SecondSunday in Lent(Year C}, March 4, 2007 at 414--276-5420, BCP:Gen. 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27 or 27:10-18; Phil. 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:(22- 30)31-35 RCL:Gen. 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Phil. 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35 4 THE LIVING CHURCH· FEBRUARY25. 2007 BOOKS Journex to Adulthood Pilgrimages Custom-designedbya J2A Teacher and a PilgrimageDesign Team Member TheArts of the Anglican Specializingin England,Scotland, and Ireland! Counter-Reformation Glory,Laud and Honour BRITISHAMERICAN CHURCH MUSIC FESTIVAL By Graham Parry. Boydell and Brewer. Pp. At Edinburgh,York and London::...:~::~:h;;:c!c~~.~~::p1:!: xi+ 207. $80. ISBN 1843832089. ·•. ~ • • at Britain'smost historic locations of the \~ _-··. Dr. Gerre Hancock& MichaelHarns Faith st GilesCathedral, E<inburgh; · · FestivalC.Onductors YorkMinslerCathechl,andWestminster In this attractive new book, Gra­ · CentralHall withorchestra . 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