By Devotional • ligonier.org • April 16, 2014 Those who gathered around the cross, on that dusty hill, could feel Jesus’ raspy cry reverberate in their own dry throats: “I thirst!” These are the words of One whose vitality was almost dried up to death. Yet, in those words we witness the thoughtful tenderness of the Good Teacher as…
Jesus’ Thirst and Our Spiritual Rehydration was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
By Tim Kimberley • reclaimingthemind.org • April 14, 2014 Matthew 21:12-13 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’ but…
Overturning Tables was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
Isaiah 53:7 The Wonder Of Easter Journalist-missionary Pierre van Paassen tells how prior to World War II, Nazi soldiers arrested an aging rabbi, stripped him naked, and demanded that he preach the sermon he’d prepared for the following Sabbath. With great dignity the old man asked if he could wear his yarmulke and his captors…
The Wonder Of Easter was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
He Is Risen! Today is Easter Sunday, when Christians all over the world join together in celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Many also make today an opportunity for renewal, a chance to pursue new beginnings. No matter how you choose to celebrate, here are a few easy ways that…
He Is Risen! was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
By Nathan Busenitz • thecripplegate.com • April 15, 2014 A Short Reflection on the Man Who Lived the Longest Anyone who’s ever played Bible trivia knows that Methuselah lived longer than anyone else. He died at the ripe old age of 969. But have you ever wondered why? Putting aside all of the environmental factors of a pre-Flood world (where…
Why Did Methuselah Live So Long? was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
jamesmacdonald.com Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from…
Living Under Life-Giving Grace was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
