This devotional is the fourth in a seven-part series leading up to Easter through the season of Lent. Each week’s devotional will focus on one of Jesus’ seven sayings from the cross. “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, … Continue reading “My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?”
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Shakin’ off Snakes
A couple of weeks ago, I read Acts 28, and while doing so, I had what felt like an epiphany of sorts. In verses 1-6, Paul has just landed on an island called Malta. The natives show Paul and his crew “unusual kindness” and start a fire for them because it was rainy and cold. … Continue reading Shakin’ off Snakes
The Death of Death
"The last enemy to be destroyed is death." - 1 Corinthians 15:26 In 1 Corinthians 15, after describing how Jesus will destroy every rule, authority, and power, reigning "until he has put all his enemies under his feet" (v. 25), the Bible says that the last of these enemies will be destroyed is death. Death is … Continue reading The Death of Death