Pondering our Lord’s Passion

“Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus, but they kept shouting, ‘Crucify, crucify him!’ A third time he said to them, ‘Why? What evil has he done? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.’ But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he...
Praying Continually

“And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed,” (Mark 1:35, ESV). The discipline of prayer is not something which is to be reserved solely for the Lenten season. In the ministry of our Lord,...
Three Parables About the Joy of the Gospel

Three Parables About the Joy of the Gospel So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he...
Meditating on the Word of God

“I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word,” (Psalm 119:15, ESV). Psalm 119 is more than just the longest chapter in the Bible; it is a thoughtful reflection on the blessing of God’s Word in the...