Palm Sunday is the last Sunday in Lent and the Sunday before Easter. It is the beginning of Holy Week, the most important week of the year for Christians. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem for the Jewish holiday of Passover. Jesus rode a young donkey into Jerusalem and was greeted by a large […]
Today’s devotion comes from Luke 15:1-3, 11-32. All the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around Jesus to listen to him. The Pharisees and legal experts were grumbling, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Jesus then tells them this parable about a man who had two sons. One son wanted his inheritance. […]
The story of the Temptation of Jesus is found in Luke 4:1-13. It is the story of Jesus being tempted for forty days by the devil. Jesus was told to turn a stone into bread, offered the whole domain if He would worship the devil, and challenged to jump off the Temple. In all three […]
Take a few minutes and read Luke 13:31-35. Jesus is lamenting over Jerusalem and the people who did not choose to follow Christ. In this text, we hear Jesus affirming His commitment to the people that He would return. In this Lenten season, we need to be reminded that Christ is with us when we […]
Today marks the beginning of the holy season we call Lent. The word Lent originally meant “springtime” or the lengthening of days. The early church celebrated Lent only for a few days before Easter, and instead of a small smudge of ash on the forehead, the ashes were sprinkled over the person’s head. In the […]