Writing His Word across our hearts is the only way it’s going to be lived out in our lives.
Like the One You Love
After 9 years of marriage, do I still like the one I vowed to love?
Holy Saturday: Jesus in the Tomb
Some 2,000+ years ago, Jesus follower’s could be found “holding their breath” and wrestling with deep issues of faith. They had just seen their Lord and promised deliverer be murdered, and they had not yet seen Him risen, and while Old Testament prophecies had spoken of this, given their previous expectations of what they thought…
Why Did Jesus Have to Die? The Cross Section of God’s Justice and Love.
I can still picture the scene unfolding in my imagination as I read the Chronicles of Narnia for the first time. Edmund had fallen for the White Witch’s trap, and now he owed her a great debt. The dark creatures sneered as they crowded around the stone table, demanding that the sacrifice be made.
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Maundy Thursday: The Last Supper
At my church, we celebrate the Passover together during Holy Week, remembering Jesus’ Last Supper. The Passover was a celebration of God’s faithfulness to the Israelites, and God’s faithful promises were ultimately fulfilled through Christ!
The Last Supper is especially significant because, when celebrating the Passover with His disciples, Jesus used the elements of bread…
Holy Wednesday: Judas Chooses to Betray Jesus
On Wednesday, we remember how Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus. He negotiated with the Sanhedrin, the rabbinical court of ancient Israel, to turn Jesus over to them.
How could one of Jesus’s closest friends betray him? He had traveled with him, followed his footsteps, sat under his teachings, stayed up late talking in the night. Could…
Holy Tuesday: Jesus’ Final Teachings
Later in the day, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus gave the Olivet Discourse, a prophetic description of Jerusalem’s destruction and the end of the age. He doesn’t hold any punches. This is some intense stuff. He reveals His Second Coming and the Final Judgment through a series of parables.