Now Peter is a little too interested in what would become of John, asking: “Lord, what about this man?” And the answer of the Lord Jesus is exquisite in its tone of tender correction, as well as in its suitability to the hearts of each of His disciples ever since: “If I will ...
So, when was Jesus “planted” in the ground? On the day in which man was created (Friday), also called “the Day of Man,” the 6th day. What did Jesus wear on His head? The crown of thorns (the curse of mankind) – Gen. 3:18 “Thorns and thistles (the ground) shall bring ...
Study:What does this tell us about the priority of God’s love? Apply: Think about what you have been forgiven and what it cost you to be forgiven by Jesus. What should this tell you about forgiving others? Share:Your friend says she can never forgive her aunt for what she did to he...
I can almost hear Jesus saying ‘Guys I was right here in the boat with you. When things got rough, all you had to do was wake me up and ask for help. Instead, you panicked and accused me of not caring. Do you know me at all?’ Whatever Jesus may have been thinking in that ...
Then I thought of how Jesus came into our dark world not only to conquer sin and death for His own sake but on behalf of every warrior who has been wounded by the adversary in the cosmic battle. What words would He have today for the boy fighting unimaginable addictions all alone, or ...
Jesus IS risen and will never die again; the Christ is with us always. Then ten years ago, something shifted. I wakened in the deep heart of Holy Thursday night, drawn in prayer, not to the Garden of Gethsemane, but to the earth herself, in agony, dying. I sat through that hour ...
He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than ...
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,New Living TranslationAs the time of ...
, swirled around a patron or two mouthing the words and settled into the aimless density of a dead-end bar, a place so old you could never scrape from the walls the voices, the faces, the pieces of a thousand lives because you wouldn’t know what to do with them if you did....
“They did this without checking in with us. And that was the part that we couldn't understand. He admitted, “I think we could have educated ourselves better about how all of this worked and what it meant to people, because all of a sudden… we were caught in a shitstorm and people...