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Rev. Neal Kentch delivering his sermon at Carlock Christian Church on October 13, 2019.

Rev. Neal Kentch delivering his sermon at Carlock Christian Church on October 6, 2019.

Rev. Neal Kentch delivering his sermon at Carlock Christian Church on September 29, 2019.

Rev. Neal Kentch delivering his sermon at Carlock Christian Church on September 22, 2019.

Rev. Neal Kentch delivering his sermon at Carlock Christian Church on September 15, 2019.

Rev. Neal Kentch delivering his sermon at Carlock Christian Church on September 8, 2019.

Rev. Neal Kentch delivering his sermon at Carlock Christian Church on September 1, 2019.

Rev. Bryan Burris delivering his farwell sermon at Carlock Christian Church on June 30, 2019.

We continue to explore the Gifts of the Dark Wood this Sunday with the Gift of Temptation. Like the other gifts we have examined, temptation is not something we typically consider to be a positive experience. But we often have a very limited view of what temptation looks like. This week, we will take a closer look at the temptation of Jesus during his wilderness experience. And we will see that the temptation we often battle is not the temptation to do evil, but the temptation to do the wrong kind of good – a temptation which can lead us off of the path God calls for us to be on if we succumb to it.

We continue our Lenten series this Sunday with the gift of uncertainty. We generally look at uncertainty as more of a curse than a gift. When we don’t know where the path we are on will lead, or if the path we are on is not clearly marked, we become anxious. If we don’t have assurance that everything will work out how we hope and that the path we are on is safe, we tend to dig our heels in where we are. But what if we look at uncertainty not a problem to be solved, but as a gift helping us to let go of all we cannot know so that we can live more fully? Join us this Sunday for our worship service at 10:00 and social hour at 9:00.