The First Sunday in Lent
Title: "Promises Made...Promises Kept "
Scripture: Gen 9:8-17
Key Verse: "never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood" (v. 11).
Theme:
The Noahic covenant stands out because of the almost unequivocal
language with which God vows to uphold, strengthen, protect, and pursue
his rogue creation. His promise is unconditional. He loves us that
much (even if we sometimes [or most times] don't show forth our love
for him!) In this covenant God backs up his intention at the beginning
of creation, when salvation history began. Since then it's been a
constant dance whereby we dissapoint God and God seeks to save us from
ourselves. It is this salvation history into which Jesus of Nazareth
enters as God's final solution to the havoc we continually wreak on his
desire to have us revel in his love.
The Big Question: How is the death/resurrection of Jesus and the experience of Lent connected to the broader history of God's saving work?
Pax Christi,
Brandon