At the Foot of the Cross

At the Foot of the Cross

“From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, ‘If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.’ So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a...
The Suffering Servant

The Suffering Servant

“But the Lord GOD helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.” (Isaiah 50:7) In these past three years, we human beings have been reminded, in a rather harsh manner, that the...
The Suffering Servant

Humble Servant

“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant being born in the likeness of men.” (Philippians 2:5-7)...
Spiritual Blindness

Spiritual Blindness

“Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said, “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.” (John 12:39-40 ESV) Most of the people in Jerusalem on that...
Spiritual Blindness

Our Eternal King

“And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, ‘Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!’ His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that...
The Comfort of Jesus

The Comfort of Jesus

“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.” (John 11:25-26a) Most of us have heard these words of Jesus spoken at Christian funerals. They are meant to...