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40 Days 2019

40 Days 2019

A New Story to Tell

Thank you for reading along through this year’s 40 Days. A huge thanks to our writers that shared this year. If you were not able to be present at 4 Days with Jesus, here are links to the video feeds for each service. And included below, as the final post this year,...

40 Days 2019

Day 38: A Dispute Arose

“But look! My betrayer is with me; his hand is on this table. The Human One goes just as it has been determined. But how terrible it is for that person who betrays him.” They began to argue among themselves about which of them it could possibly be who would do...

40 Days 2019

Day 37: Identification Isn’t Trivial

A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit. You can tell what a tree is like by the fruit it produces. You cannot pick figs or grapes from thorn bushes. Good people do good things because of the good in their hearts. Bad people do...

40 Days 2019

Days 35 & 36: Faithful

“If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.” —Luke 7:39 Simon’s assessment of the situation is doubly condescending. The weeping woman, clearly, is socially and morally beneath him and the response...

40 Days 2019

Day 34: A Palm Frond Protest

When He approached Bethphage and Bethany, near the mount that is called Olivet, He sent two of the disciples,saying, “Go into the village ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here.If...

40 Days 2019

Days 32 & 33: Lost and Found

“Mr. X is back again, Doc. What are we doing this time?” the nurse inquired as she passed in the hallway. The soiled and intoxicated Mr. X had seemingly becoming my personal patient, as I’d been unfortunate enough to be on shift for each of his three visits to the ED...