The other day I saw a bumper sticker that had long been faded that said, “Fight Hate.” Its a simple message and on the surface it sounds really good. But the more I pondered it, I found a rising up in my spirit, a kind of frustration at this message, that caused me to dig…

I’ve been studying about hearing God’s voice and wanted to share what I have been learning. There is one distinctive mark of a Christian and that is – and I love this – they hear the voice of the Lord. God’s people hear His voice. John 10:2-6 But he who enters by the door is…

Today is Palm Sunday and we are entering Holy Week. We will focus this week on the Lord Jesus and the road to His death, burial, and resurrection. I will add all the readings here so that you can enter this last week of Lent in a quiet, reflective, and meditative way. Take in these…

The Plot to Kill Jesus 45 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, 46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48 If…

31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself…

51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” 52 The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do…