Day 1 – Untamed Worship Read Mark 14:1-11; John 12:1-11 Imagine the scene. Jesus is within 72 hours of going to the cross. He knows that death is imminent. The Scribes and Pharisees were waiting for their opportunity to attack, like wolves waiting for the cover of darkness. The pure hatred emanating from these guys…
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I was asked by our discipleship pastor at Journey to write to a series of daily devotional thoughts for the two weeks leading up to Easter. You can find them all in one place at takeajourney.org/devotionals. But I will also be posting them here each day on the blog. I pray that they will be…
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“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” -Matthew 7:12 Ah yes, the golden rule. Something we can all agree on. Liberals. Conservatives. Atheists. Agnostics. Religious and non-religious people around the world all believe that we should do to others…
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Yesterday was a monumental day for us as the Via family. It was one year to the day that I stepped off the plane at RDU International airport with Shabila Naikoba in my arms. This frightened, uncertain little girl is now our Alethia Grace, and is a thriving, vibrant, life-loving little blossom of a girl.…
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Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers. (1 Timothy 4:16 ESV) It’s particularly easy in our world today to drift away from the clear teaching of the Gospel. The reasons for this are legion. Much of the…
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