[Listen to the sound file while you read — two inches to the right of this line on this page, marked “Aubre’s Gift” Preparing Our Hearts for Good Friday and Easter The Savior Tastes Bitter Wine. Adapted from the accounts of Ps 69; Mt 27:48; Mk 15:35-36; Jn 19:28-30 Jesus thirsts. And some of the … More What Love Looks Like on a Bad Friday
[Listen to the sound file while you read — two inches to the right of this line on this page, marked “Aubre’s Gift”] Preparing Our Hearts for Good Friday and Easter The Savior is forsaken by the Father. Adapted from the accounts of Psalm 22:1-31 and Mt 27:45-46; Mk 15:33-34 Jesus applies Psalm 22 to … More Feeling Abandoned by God Himself
[Listen to the sound file while you read — two inches to the right of this line on this page, marked “Aubre’s Gift”] Preparing our hearts for Good Friday and Easter The Savior is Mocked and the Soldiers Gamble Over His Clothes. Adapted from the accounts of Mt 27:35-44; Mk 15:24-25; Lk 23:34-38; Jn 19:23-25 … More First He Mocked, then He Received Grace
[Listen to the sound file while you read — two inches to the right of this line on this page, marked “Aubre’s Gift”] Preparing our hearts for Good Friday and Easter The Savior is Stripped and Nailed to the Cross. Adapted from the accounts ofPs 22:16-18 and Mt 27:35-37; Mk 15:22; Lk 23:33-35; Jn 19:20 … More Public Humiliation for Him, Forgiveness for You and Me
[Listen to the sound file while you read — two inches to the right of this line on this page, marked “Aubre’s Gift”] A Devotion for Lent Preparing our hearts for Good Friday and Easter The Savior Begins to Carry His Cross. Adapted from the account of Mt 27:32; Mk 15:21; Lk 23:26; Jn 19:17-18 … More Jesus’ Shoulders Weren’t Strong Enough
[Listen to the sound file while you read — two inches to the right of this line on this page, marked “Aubre’s Gift”] A Mid Afternoon Devotion Revised for the Second Week of Lent Preparing our hearts for Good Friday and Easter The Savior is condemned to death by Pilate. Adapted from the accounts of … More When Washing Hands is a Fools Errand
“You’ve heard it said that to be victorious in a military battle you must have the ‘most boots on the ground.’ Conversely, to be victorious in a spiritual battle, you must have the most ‘knees on the ground.’” ….. The character Eli to his young pastor friend Elmo in the novel The Old Man and … More Getting Knees on the Ground
Sunday is for Heart Songs Reading with the Pastor Hab. 3, John 11, and Psalm 95 1 O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord, . Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, . Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. … More Let Your Heart Soar
Matthew 28:11–15 (ESV) The Report of the Guard 11 While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. 12 And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers 13 and said, “Tell … More A Resurrection Day Meditation
“For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:18 For a number of years, I have been reading early church history and looking for particular summaries of the gospel. One year I found this beautiful statement by Melito of Sardis … More A Church History Meditation on the “Foolishness of the Gospel”
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