March 17, 2016
Some profound thoughts to reflect on as you ponder the meaning of the cross. In the Christian story God descends to re-ascend. . . One may think of a diver, first reducing himself to nakedness, then glancing in mid-air, then gone with a splash, vanished, rushing down through green and warm water into black and […]
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Some words to aid in your contemplation of what Easter means. The following prayer is from The Valley of Vision (A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions): My Father, Enlarge my heart, warm my affections, open my lips, Supply words that proclaim “Love lustres at Calvary.” There grace removes my burdens and heaps them on […]
Read More →March 8, 2016
Christmas isn’t the only holiday where we think about giving. At Easter, we contemplate giving up something. Things like dessert, TV, wine, smoking. But then we take them back when Lent is over. Jesus did even more than give. He gave up, willingly giving up His very life for our sakes, and when He rose victorious […]
Read More →April 8, 2015
We’re all tired of it. The senseless killing and violence. Cancer and heart disease. Sin and its slimy tentacles that hold us in its death grip. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that Jesus defeated sin and death when it constantly surrounds us and presses in on us. We can so easily lose sight of the […]
Read More →April 2, 2015
All over the world, in every time zone, Christ-followers will gather on Easter Sunday with joy to worship our Risen Saviour. We will celebrate! Before we get to Sunday, though, we have to walk through the valley of the shadow of death. But it’s only temporary. Some will gather in secret. In countries where they are […]
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