[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
Update: This was originally written as a Good Friday meditation in 2015. This morning one of my subscribers reminded me of it. I think it is more relevant today than 6 years ago. Unfortunately, all the trends in the nation point in the direction that it and the book it points to will be even … More The Church in America has Alzheimers
What is offered by Christ is unlike anything we have experienced in this life. Forgiveness: The Word We Most Need to Hear.
Saturday Musings God’s ways are not ours. He delights in surprises. He seems to relish the unexpected. Christmas is filled with surprises, but perhaps the biggest one of all is the incarnation, God has taken on flesh. He has told us why and for almost 2000 years the world has fought against His plan. But … More Christmas Always Includes Good Friday and Easter
Tuesday is for Preaching All over the country, pastors are preparing two very different messages this week. Many will be preaching 3 to 7 messages in the span of three days. Some will be preaching on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. One set of messages will be filled with mourning over sin and … More Prayer for the Nation’s Preachers
Sunday Afternoon Musings I am in awe of the people of God down in here in Watseka, IL. Three weeks ago, I pitched an idea to them about taking the devotional book I wrote back in 2004 and doing something similar to what New Song Church in Bolingbrook had done. New Song had taken the … More In Awe of the People of God and their God
Thursday is for Discipleship Time is drawing near. The fullness of time is pregnant (Galatians 4:4). It won’t be long now. The disciples sense a turn in the face of Christ. When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. (Luke 9:51) The cost of … More Dying for Jesus isn’t Very Popular These Days: Neither is Living for Him
Monday is for Heart Songs Mark 14:26-31 (ESV) And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ But after I am raised up, I will go before … More A Stunning Scene from the Night Before He Suffered
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