“HE IS NOT HERE … HE HAS RISEN”
Jesus had once looked with compassion on a crowd of people, saying, “they are like sheep without a shepherd” (Matthew 9:36). That...
COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO
On the night that Jesus was arrested, the Lord predicted Peter’s faults and failures: “This very night, before the rooster crows twice,...
ZORRO
The light from their “lanterns” and “torches” (John 18:3) cast unnatural shadows as the “large mob with swords and clubs” (Matthew...
PRAYER IN THE GARDEN
A few years ago I stood enraptured on the holy ground of the Olive Grove, the Garden of Gethsemane. It was so still. Quiet. Peaceful. In...
“BEFORE THE ROOSTER CROWS!”
As the Passover celebration was coming to a close, Jesus directed His attention to Peter. I suspect that the compassionate Jesus looked...
“HE LOVED THEM TO THE END”
On the evening before His crucifixion, Jesus gathered His disciples for the meaningful and memorable celebration of Passover. Surely...
THE WIDOW’S MITE
Does Jesus cares about the money we put into the offering plate on Sundays? During the final week of His life on earth, Jesus found a...
THE WITHERED FIG TREE
It’s the last miracle recorded in the book of Mark prior to His crucifixion, and the only miracle in the Gospels that involved...
CLEANSING THE TEMPLE
It smelled like a feedlot, and it sounded like the midway at the state fair. Vendors shouted, hawking their wares. “Get your sacrificial...
“BORROW A BURRO!”
Jesus had asked His disciples to perform various odd tasks. Before Jesus fed the five thousand, He told His disciples to seat the...
