The Spirit is Willing But . . .

Posted by on 3.5.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Stay awake and pray so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mark 14:38). It […]

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Jesus Speaks to His Men

Posted by on 3.4.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“You are those who have stood by me in my trials.  And I confer on you a kingdom, just as […]

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Good News for the Fallen

Posted by on 3.3.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith […]

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When a Good Man Falls

Posted by on 3.2.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Even if they all fall away, I will not!” (Mark 14:29). Peter meant every word. He really believed it. That’s […]

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When Did Satan Enter Judas?

Posted by on 3.1.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Jesus replied, ‘Did I not choose you twelve—and one of you has the devil in his heart?’” (John 6:70 Phillips). […]

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The Other Judas

Posted by on 2.29.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, ‘Lord, how is it You’re going to reveal yourself to us and not to the […]

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Bickering at the Last Supper

Posted by on 2.28.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest” (Luke 22:24). This may be the […]

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Selling Out the Son of God

Posted by on 2.27.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him” (Mark 3:19). When the gospel writers give us their accounts of Jesus’ final days, two […]

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Peter’s Feet

Posted by on 2.26.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“You will never wash my feet—ever!” Peter said (John 13:8). Feet stink when they are dirty. That’s a human fact, […]

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The Judas in All of Us

Posted by on 2.25.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

From the movie Judas (2004) “’What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?’ So […]

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