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Psalm 22; John 18:1-19:42; Philippians 2:8–9 (read online ⧉) This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 It seems strange to rejoice. It seems strange to call today Good Friday. Yet, we do rejoice…

Psalm 31:9-16; Isaiah 40:4-8; John 12:12-16 (read online ⧉) Jesus the wandering teacher comes to Jerusalem. The crowds are building around Jerusalem with Passover coming. Foreigners, wanderers, believers, and scoffers make for a very busy time in Jerusalem. What's one more? This one more has…

Psalm 107:1–16; Numbers 20:1-13; 1 Corinthians 10:6-13 (read online ⧉) The Israelites were out of water…again. They complained…again. Yet, there is something different here. It's subtle. There seemed to be a stronger issue with the leaders (Moses and Aaron), rather than God. Oddly, despite an…

Psalm 25:1-10, Genesis 9:8–17, 1 Peter 3:18–22, Mark 1:9–15 (read online ⧉) Trusting God, and placing your trust in God, is a major theme of Scripture. Trusting of God is not always obvious in what we read. Scripture doesn’t tell us much about the time…

Daniel 9:16-19, Psalm 25:1-10, 2 Timothy 4:1-5 Daniel knows that God is holy and righteous. Daniel knows that the people of Israel are in exile and hopeless because they chose to ignore God and the many prophets that He sent. They chose to follow their…