Have you ever wondered how Christ could love us that much? How he could endure the pain, humiliation, and agony of crucifixion, so that we could be his?
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I’m heading into Easter less than two weeks post surgery. During Lent, I was preoccupied with forms, registrations, doctor’s visits, and lab work. Then surgery. Now I’m recovering. During this holy season, I’ve been often distracted with the concerns of …
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Life on this earth is messy and fraught with changes in plans, disappointed expectations, relationships that can’t be fixed, and emotional upheaval. Our daily lives show this plain and simple. If we didn’t already know it, our writerly lives reinforce …
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Piercing your brow, a crown of thorns was embedded in your flesh, a cruel and mocking implement of torture. Sweat and blood dripped from your brow, no hand free to wipe the salty rivulets from your eyes. Stinging. Burning. Naked. Impaled …
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In concert with God the Spirit, Jesus our Savior spoke the universe into existence (John 1:1-18; Hebrews 1:1-4; Genesis 1). God the Father loved humanity before God the Son had even breathed his life into us. He loved us in a way we …
Continue Reading →Before anything existed of our universe, God had already formulated a plan, Plan A, the only plan. A brilliant Architect makes a blueprint. With forethought, he lays down an overarching design. Then, he acts. “Let there be light!” In …
Continue Reading →“But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps” (1 Peter 2:20b-21 …
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Piercing your brow, a crown of thorns was embedded in your flesh, a cruel and mocking implement of torture. Sweat and blood dripped from your brow—no hand was free to wipe the salty rivulets from your eyes. Stinging. Burning. Sins of …
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