Isaiah 50:4-9 is a beautiful example of how we are to be good servants of the Lord. Woven into the passage are warning, instruction and hope. If we listen to the Lord, He will teach us how to use our gifts (in this case, a well-trained tongue that can uplift the...
At the Last Supper, Jesus tells the Twelve that one of them will betray Him. The Apostles are shocked at this revelation, and Peter is later adamant that he would die for Jesus. Here we learn two very important lessons. One, sometimes the enemy lurks among us and we...
John’s gospel, 12:1-11, points out three interesting things that help to clue us in to Who Jesus is and what is about to happen. First, the gospel tells us that six days before the Passover, Jesus was in Bethany with Lazarus, Mary and Martha. It’s interesting that...
Passion Sunday. The beginning of Holy Week. Today Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a borrowed donkey to shouts of hosannas. He is followed and adored just mere days before those same shouts morph into cries of, “Crucify Him!” Have you ever pondered how quickly humans are...
I’ve read a couple blog posts recently that left me both heartened and a little sad—heartened because it was refreshing to see industry professionals addressing these issues, and sad because the posts were proof positive the issues exist. First, literary agent and...
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