||40days|| week seven: Jesus Died
Jesus walked into Jerusalem hailed as a king. Within a few days, the crowd was calling for His execution: "Take Him away! Take Him away! Crucify Him!" (John 19:15). A thorny crown fiercely adorned His kingly head (19:2). Purple robes signaled His royalty as soldiers spit on Him, slapped Him and mocked Him (19:3). But …
Stoking the Fires of Our Passion for God
There are times in our lives when we falter in our seeking after God. The winds and rains of life's pressures come against us and try to put out the fires of our passion for the Lord. Those times are not unlike Jesus' parable of the seed and soils. There, Jesus describes how we receive …
Matthew Erickson 