In John 4:1, John goes out of his way to tell readers that Jesus didn’t baptize anyone. Why is this? First, John the Baptist tells his audience that he baptizes with …
First Samuel 1 tells the story of Hannah, who is ridiculed by her husband's other wife (Peninah) because she can't have children. It's likely that the only reason her husband …
Psalms 74 and 75 speak to one another. In Psalm 74 we hear a desperate cry for help. The unthinkable happened when the Babylonians destroyed the Jerusalem temple. The psalmist in …
The words you utter can defile you (i.e., keep you out of the presence of God). People who take holiness seriously must take sin seriously. This means that we must have …
On Palm Sunday we read about how the people shouted “Hosannah!” while Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. This proclamation is directly from Psalm 118 and means “save us!” …
Today we celebrate Palm Sunday, which is the last Sunday before Holy Week and Easter Sunday. Palm Sunday commemorates when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and the people celebrated …
https://youtu.be/2DoW08fLtCo One of the passages that comes into focus as we approach Holy Week is Isaiah 52:13–53:12. This is the poem of the suffering servant which foretold Jesus' substitutionary death. One of …
