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 \n7  \nAsh Wednesday  \nForsaking All OthersJoel 2:1-2,12-17  \nLent 1  \n13  \nArc Of The CovenantGenesis 9:8-17  \n19  \nLent 2  \nA New NameGenesis 17:1-7,15-16  \n25Our Jealous HusbandExodus 20:1-17  \nLent 3  \n31Just What The Doctor OrderedNumbers 21:4-9  \nLent 4  \n37  \nLent 5  \nSomething Old,Something NewJeremiah 31:31-34  \nPassion/Palm Sunday41Shameless PassionIsaiah 50:4-9a  \nGood Friday  \nHeld In His ArmsIsaiah 52:13—53:12  \nEaster Day  \nTill Death Do Us—UniteIsaiah 25:6-9 or Acts 10:34-43  \nEaster 2  \nOpen Grave,Open HeartsActs 4:32-35  \n65  \nEaster 3  \nWhat Are You Looking At?Acts 3:12-19  \nEaster 4  \n71  \nNo Apology  \nActs 4:5-12  \nEaster 577Hear,HearActs 8:26-40  \nEaster 6  \n83  \nTo Have And To Hold (Your Tongue)Acts 10:44-48  \nAscension Of Our LordTo Be ContinuedActs 1:1-11  \n89  \nEaster 7  \nDecisions,DecisionsActs 1:15-17,21-26  \n## ForsakingAII Others\n\nCan you see the young boys running through the city ofJerusalem yelling,\"Blow the trumpets!\"and the people of thatcity yelling back,\"What?”“Blow the trumpets!Grab the shofar!We need to let everyone know!”And the people still scream back,“Why?What's going on?”  \nThe adults know that the blowing of the trumpets in Jewishtradition can only mean one of three things:1)It's time to movecamp.(but wait,we haven't lived in tents for decades!);2)Weneed to get ready for war(but I didn't know there was even apotential conflict brewing!);or 3)The leaders are calling a sacredassembly(what could that be about?).The boys keep on shoutingtheir alarm,stirring up the people.  \nFinally,the truth is learned.It's not only one of the reasonswhy the trumpets are traditionally blown,but a combination oftwo:war and the need to assemble.War with whom?Assemble todo what?The full impact of the alarm is understood when theverdict is announced by the prophet Joel,“God is at war with usand we must gather to repent!”  \nGod is speaking through the Paul Revere of the ninth century  \nB.C.as he warns his people that trouble is coming and they mustrepent.It's not a foreign army,but an army of locusts,and unlessGod relents all their crops will be destroyed and their livelihooddevastated.Therefore,they must call a congregational meeting ofhumility and prayer to ask for God's mercy!  \nOn this Ash Wednesday,God's prophets blow the trumpet inour hearing and sound the alarm:“Wake up!It's time to get serious  \nabout sin.It's time to consecrate yourself to God.\"Like an alarmclock that goes off too early in the morning causing us to fight toobey its beckoning,so God yells to us in our slumber of sin,\"It'stime to change your ways!”But wait,we","cbCaita0HaIxFX6a","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaita0HaIxFX6a","pdf",3007313,104,"English","# Ash Wednesday\n## Forsaking All Others\n# Lent 1\n## Arc Of The Covenant\n# Lent 2\n## A New Name\n# Lent 3\n## Our Jealous Husband\n# Lent 4\n## Just What The Doctor Ordered\n# Lent 5\n## Something Old, Something New\n# Passion/Palm Sunday\n## Shameless Passion\n# Good Friday\n## Held In His Arms\n# Easter Day\n## Till Death Do Us—Unite\n# Easter 2\n## Open Grave, Open Hearts\n# Easter 3\n## What Are You Looking At?\n# Easter 4\n## No Apology\n# Easter 5\n## Hear, Hear\n# Easter 6\n## To Have And To Hold (Your Tongue)\n# Ascension Of Our Lord\n## To Be Continued\n# Easter 7\n## Decisions, Decisions","[{\"question\":\"What is the central message of the Ash Wednesday sermon “Forsaking All Others”?\",\"answer\":\"The sermon argues that God’s trumpet-like alarm calls for renewed repentance, not complacency. 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