I’ve been reading through the book of Acts recently with the start of the new year. The other day I came across this verse from Peter’s sermon in Acts 2: “Let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” – Acts…
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During this time of year, I am constantly fighting a peculiar tension. Maybe you fight it as well. It’s that tension between the flurry of activities that Christmas demands of us and its pull toward constant busyness on the one hand, and the desire on the other hand to sit still, to cease from the…
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On any given Sunday across America, you can bet your bottom dollar that some worship leader somewhere will quote this familiar verse, or at least some shortened summation of it… Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. –…
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Have you ever wondered what must have been going through the minds and hearts of the disciples the day between Christ’s crucifixion and His resurrection? The day was Saturday, the Sabbath Day. It was a holy day–a day where no work was to be done. It was a day of rest and worship. And…
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Day 11 – Good Friday: The Prophetic and the Horrific Read John 19:17-37; Psalm 22:15, 18; 34:20; 69:21; Zechariah 12:10 John’s account of Jesus’ crucifixion has a particularly interesting focus. John is careful to note at least four messianic prophecies that Jesus fulfilled in just the few short hours that He was hanging on the…
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