Palm Sunday, April 10

WONDER-WORKING-POWER! God’s children have been singing these words more than 100 years: There is pow’r, pow’r, wonder-working pow’rIn the blood of the Lamb;There is pow’r, pow’r, wonder-working pow’rIn the precious blood of the Lamb.* The great truths and results of...

Saturday, April 3

I Am the True Vine I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. … Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in...

Friday, April 2

I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life Jesus answered, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6) In 1996, as a long-term employee of the Baptist Sunday School Board, I was asked to serve on a committee to find...

Thursday, April 1

I Am the Resurrection and the Life Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” … “I am the resurrection and the life.  Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live … .” (John 11:25) Who Is Jesus? Grief … the debilitating, agonizing, heart-wrenching...

Wednesday, March 31

I Am the Good Shepherd I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (John 10:11) When performed correctly, shepherding is a noble, sacrificial, and often exhausting task. But there were many shepherds in biblical times who didn’t quite...

Tuesday, March 30

I Am the Door of the Sheep Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. … If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. (John 10:7,9) In John 10 Jesus describes Himself as the door. In that time, the door was tended by a...