Emmaus at Pilot Mill

(For a full account of the events of this day, see Matthew 28:1–20, Mark 16:1–8, Luke 24:1–53, John 20:1–21:25.) Early Sunday morning, some of Jesus’s friends set out for his grave to anoint the body of their friend and teacher. When they arrive, however, they are greeted by what one Gospel writer calls “a man dressed in lightning.” He tells them Jesus is not there, as he said. He is risen. In the...

(For a full account of the events of this day as found in the Gospels, see Matthew 27:62–66.) Less is written about the Saturday following Jesus’s crucifixion than any other in the scope of this week. Yet what makes it unique is that this is the only full day in history where the body of Christ lies buried in a cave. Yesterday, he was crucified. Tomorrow, he rises from the grave. But what about to...

(For a full account of the events of this day, see Matthew 27:1–61, Mark 15:1–47, Luke 23:1–56, John 18:28–19:42.) On Thursday night in Gethsemane, Jesus was arrested—betrayed by one of his disciples and abandoned by the others. The chief priests and the Sanhedrin called for secret trials in the dead of night, and the verdict handed down was that Jesus would be crucified. This is something the Rom...

(For a full account of the events of this day, see Matthew 26:17–75, Mark 14:12–72, Luke 22:7–71, John 13:1–18:27.) The Thursday prior to Jesus’s crucifixion fills many pages in Scripture. It begins with John and Peter securing the upper room. There, Jesus washes his disciples’ feet, explaining he is there to make them clean. As they begin to eat, Jesus announces one of them is about to betray him...

(For a full account of the events of this day, see Matthew 26:6–16, Mark 14:3–11, Luke 22:3–6.) Read: The past several days have been a rush of tension and anger for Jesus’s opponents—and of unflinching resolve for Jesus. Words have been his currency, and he’s spent piles of them. But on the Wednesday before his death, Jesus is still. He is in the home of Simon the Leper, a man known by what’s wro...

(For a full account of the events of this day, see Matthew 21:23–26:5, Mark 11:27–14:2, Luke 20:1–22:2, John 12:37–50.) If Monday’s arrival in the temple was an all-inclusive, living parable of cleansing God’s house, Tuesday’s entrance is a direct, verbal confrontation with the appointed leadership. After Jesus clarifies he doesn’t regard these leaders as having any authority over him, he spends t...

(For a full account of the events of this day, see Matthew 21:12–22, Mark 11:12–19, Luke 19:45–48.) If Jerusalem was a beehive, with his triumphal entry Jesus had hit it with a stick. You could hear the buzz grow as the anger within got organized. His kingly arrival was a strong declaration about his authority over all the conventions of man. On Monday, Jesus returns for more—this time to declare...

(For a full account of the events of this day, see Matthew 21:1–11, Mark 11:1–11, Luke 19:28–44, John 12:9–19.) When Jesus rode into Jerusalem perched on a colt, it was the first time since raising Lazarus from the dead that he’d shown his face in the city. The story of Lazarus’s resurrection had circulated so that many regarded Jesus as a celebrity. Everyone wanted to catch a glimpse. They went o...

Introduction to Holy Week. We will be posting scripture and a meditation each day this week leading up to Easter.

You humble me, But never humiliate me. You confront me, But never mock me. You warn me, but never abandon me. You call me, But never leave me alone. You discipline me, but never beat me up. You command me, But never fail to enable me. You see into my heart, But never reject me for what you see. You teach me your mysteries, But never make fun of how much i don't know. You stay near to me, But you n...

I wish I could commend My righteousness to you, But I can't. I wish I could brag of My strength to you, But i can't. I wish I could boast about my wisdom To you, But I can't. I wish I could point you to my track Record, But I can't. You know me better than I know myself. I never escape your eye. You search the deepest regions of my heart. You know my thoughts before they are conscious of me. You k...

It’s not first about my religious acts, my spiritual duty, or the degree of my obedience. It’s not first about what I believe, the precision of my theology, or the truthfulness of the creed I embrace. It’s not first about what I give, the regularity of my charity, or the amount of my benevolence. It’s not first about my teaching, my preaching, or the truths that I have shared with others. It’s not...

The only hope, the only help, the only rescue, the only healing, the only solace, the only balm, the only redemption, the only restoration for a broken, dysfunctional, sin-scared, evil-infected, morally fallen, dark, and dangerous world isn’t found in information, socialization, education, political solution, psychological insight, or personal reformation, but in the willing birth, righteousness,...

My heart cries out, but I am not afraid, discouraged, panicked, forgotten, alone, dismayed, or doubtful because in the din of a million voices from every place in every situation young and old crying day and night in weakness, in alienation, in fear, and in distress, you are not overwhelmed, you are not distracted, you are not disgusted, you are not discouraged, you are not exhausted. But you list...

Beginning tomorrow, we will start posting a daily reading (Monday - Friday) from the book Gospel Meditations by Paul David Tripp. Join us each morning for a quick, but powerful reminder to rest in God's presence! --- I am not a poet; I am a pilgrim. I am not attracted to formal, overly romantic Christian verse, but I think that we do not train our eyes to see enough, our hearts to consider enough,...

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