For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave (Psalm 86:13). Lost Alone Confused Empty That’s how I imagine the disciples felt on that Sunday morning. They must have figured that, after … Continue reading
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Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones (Zechariah 13:7b). Everybody loves you when you’re winning. What happened to the crowds? Was it just last Sunday that the people … Continue reading
Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me (Psalm 41:9). Betrayal It’s a bitter, ugly word for a bitter, ugly deed. Perhaps the worst thing about betrayal is that, … Continue reading
I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting (Isaiah 50:6). He knew what was coming. It was no … Continue reading
“The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took … Continue reading
…zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me (Psalm 69:9). Jesus entered the city and went up to the temple. It was Passover, the biggest holiday of the Jewish year, so … Continue reading
Note: Time to celebrate Holy Week. Not that every week isn’t holy, but you know what I mean. Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle … Continue reading
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to … Continue reading
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive in Christ even when we were dead in transgressions–it is by grace you have been saved (Ephesians 2:5). Again with the grace? Yes, … Continue reading
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive in Christ even when we were dead in transgressions… (Ephesians 2:5) I like zombie movies. Go ahead and judge. You won’t be the … Continue reading