Up until the tenth plague, it was enough to just be an Israelite. Beginning with the flies of the fourth plague, God “set apart the land of Goshen,...
Blood on the Doorposts
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Passover
These Sabbath Thoughts were written with Passover in mind.
“But Let a Man Examine Himself”: 10 Questions to Ask Before Passover
If I’m not careful, my pre-Passover self-examination can take a sharp turn into unhealthy territory. It’s so easy to see the failure. Where I am...
The Body and the Blood
"For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep." What a weighty, uncomfortable verse. Members of the church in Corinth were...
Choosing That Good Part
This year, Mary and I decided to deleaven our house in the most exhausting way possible: Extensive. Home. Remodeling. See, we're hosting the Night...
It’s Time to Fight
It was one of the last sentences Jesus spoke to His disciples before His crucifixion. A warning—and a promise: "These things I have spoken to you,...
Begin
When Israel first kept the Passover, it was with the backdrop of a broken, shattered Egypt. God had brought the mighty nation to its knees for the...
The Privilege of Footwashing
Without the footwashing ceremony, the Passover service would require almost no interaction with our fellow Church members. It would be an intensely...
Lost in the Undertow
It rarely starts with something big. David was just standing on a rooftop. Achan was just following orders. Eve was just hungry. Everyone "was just"...
Smoking Flax and Bruised Reeds
Passover. By the time this post goes live, we'll be just two nights away. Two nights away from the start of it all—from the lynchpin on which hangs...