Seven Statements from the Cross • Week 2 • Tuesday The Hole He Climbed Out Of Statement II — Luke 23:43 • Nate, late 30s, close friendship “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” — Galatians…
Open the sealed room
Your vulnerability is someone else’s rise
Seven Statements from the Cross • Week 2 • Monday The Thing He Never Told Anyone Statement II — Luke 23:43 • Chris, mid-40s, father of a 22-year-old “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the…
You don’t have to carry the receipt
Seven Statements from the Cross • Week 1 • Saturday Close the Account Statement I — Week 1 Wrap-Up • A word from Lance If you made it through this week, good. If you read every day and still found…
Release the verdict to God
Seven Statements from the Cross • Week 1 • Thursday The Neighbor Statement I — Luke 23:34 • Greg, mid-40s, married with family at home “Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is…
Restoration is the harder job
Seven Statements from the Cross • Week 1 • Wednesday The Exit Statement I — Luke 23:34 • Caleb, 20 years old, young adult “Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,…
The ones that matter are in the next room
Happy Saturday! If you made it through this week, and you felt the tugs. Me too. This one was close to home, and I mean that literally. “Don’t take it out on them” isn’t an abstract concept for me. I…
Words are cheap
“Love is patient and kind… it does not insist on its own way.” 1 Corinthians 13:4–5 · ESV Harold wasn’t always this man. He was the guy who fixed things. Coached Little League. Built the deck in the backyard with…
Don’t take it out on them
“When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son!’ Then He said to the disciple, ‘Behold, your mother!’ From that hour the disciple took her into…
Before they forget!
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.” Exodus 20:12 (ESV) Tom drove to his father’s house with a list. Bills. A prescription. The house…
Thanks! I didn’t know I needed that
“Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” Galatians 5:25 (ESV) It was a Wednesday night. Craig was wrapping up work at his desk when a thought surfaced about his son Ethan, 21, who…