Day 40: Restored! | 40 Days of Focus
We end this by looking just beyond the tomb because Peter’s story, thankfully, didn’t end the night he fled from the courtyard. While the narratives found him back in the company of the disciples, there are some interesting statements in…
Day 39: No Greater Love | 40 Days of Focus
There are many messages in the cross, including the terrible price of our sin and how seriously God takes it. Yet what shines through the horror of this day is this: “But God demonstrates his own love for us in…
Day 38: Surely This Is the Son of God | 40 Days of Focus
When we consider the Centurion at the cross, we can surmise a few things about him: He was a pagan, battle-hardened, and particularly callous because he was in charge of the brutal job of torture and crucifixion. There is probably…
Day 37: Come Down from the Cross | 40 Days of Focus
The Jewish leaders were triumphant. They had finally gotten their Man right where they wanted Him. In smug and sadistic satisfaction they taunted Him as He hung there, “If Your Father loves You so much, why doesn’t He rescue You?…
Day 36: The Veil Was Torn | 40 Days of Focus
The curtain tore at the hour of the sacrifice, when the Temple was busy with the slaughter of the lambs. It may have even been near the time when Caiaphas was bringing the blood of atonement to the Mercy Seat,…
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