{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Sermons from Church of the Incarnation, Dallas","title":"Second Sunday of Lent (Traditional)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/da861900\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":887,"description":"What does it mean to walk by faith during Lent?\nOn this Second Sunday of Lent, Pastor Shawn Torres reminds us that salvation is not a transaction. We cannot buy the blessings of heaven with the currency of earth. God’s Kingdom operates on faith — not merit, performance, or religious resume.\nFrom Abraham’s departure in Genesis 12 to the psalmist’s confidence in Psalm 121, and from Paul’s teaching in Romans 4 to Jesus’ words to Nicodemus in John 3, we see the same unchangeable truth: we are justified by grace through faith.\nFaith demands departure.\nFaith depends on a helper.\nFaith discards human effort.\nFaith delivers new birth.\nIt is not the intensity of our faith that saves us — it is the object of our faith. Jesus Christ alone.\n“Thanks be to God, whose glory it is always to have mercy.”\n📖 Scripture: Genesis 12:1–4a; Psalm 121; Romans 4:1–5, 13–17; John 3:1–17\n🕊️ Preacher: Pastor Shawn Torres\n⛪ Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, TX\n🙏 Connect with Incarnation\nLearn more at https://incarnation.org/\nJourney through Lent with us: https://incarnation.org/lent-2026/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CwWRh1Zc_waIYIfTItOXEkHw5lpxupknK8l-py5edWU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMDRj/YzA0OGY3Mzg5ZDY3/YTFkZTM0Mjk4YzRj/YTNmOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}