Jesus Praises a Poor Widow

Posted by on 2.24.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

Front and back of the lepton (or “mite”). The widow gave two of these tiny coins.  “This poor widow has […]

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The Sadducees Ask a Trick Question

Posted by on 2.23.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“At the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?” (Luke 20:33) Talk about a […]

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Render to Caesar–and to God!

Posted by on 2.22.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

A Roman denarius from the time of Christ “Therefore give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to […]

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Jesus Receives a Compliment from His Enemies

Posted by on 2.21.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. They sent their disciples to him […]

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Little Ones to Him Belong

Posted by on 2.20.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“When the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders that He did and the children shouting in the temple […]

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We Would See Jesus

Posted by on 2.19.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in […]

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Jerusalem Has a Question

Posted by on 2.18.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, ‘Who is this?’” (Matthew 21:10) Here we have a […]

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Trouble at the Temple: A Crook’s Paradise

Posted by on 2.17.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple,” William Brassey Hole, ca. 1905 “Jesus went into the temple complex and drove […]

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Judas: Phony Compassion

Posted by on 2.16.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Then one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was about to betray Him), said, “Why wasn’t this fragrant oil sold for 300 […]

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Mary: Extravagant Love

Posted by on 2.15.16 in Faces Around the Cross, Lent

“Then Mary took a pound of fragrant oil—pure and expensive nard—anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped His feet with her hair. So […]

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