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Unlimited: This is My Body Jul 15, 2024 1579 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body (Mark 14:22, NIV).” The strangeness of this Passover meal continues. And just as Christ himself broke the bread, so too no-one broke his body, except as an act of his own will (John 10:18.) Then Jesus gave the bread to the disciples as a gift, saying to them, “Take it.” Through these words, Jesus was establishing the symbolic link between the broken bread and his sacrifice at Calvary. You can be present at this meal, and eat the bread and drink the wine, but not participate in its meaning, because you don’t spiritually “take it,” as Jesus said, and so you don’t affirm from your heart that the body of Jesus was broken for your salvation.…

In If God Is Good, I share a story that John Stott tells in his book The Cross of Christ about billions of people seated on a great plain before God’s throne.…

Unlimited: This is My Body Jul 15, 2024 1579 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body (Mark 14:22, NIV).” The strangeness of this Passover meal continues. And just as Christ himself broke the bread, so too no-one broke his body, except as an act of his own will (John 10:18.) Then Jesus gave the bread to the disciples as a gift, saying to them, “Take it.” Through these words, Jesus was establishing the symbolic link between the broken bread and his sacrifice at Calvary. You can be present at this meal, and eat the bread and drink the wine, but not participate in its meaning, because you don’t spiritually “take it,” as Jesus said, and so you don’t affirm from your heart that the body of Jesus was broken for your salvation.…

In the last year, Alean and I have lost only one fish, or so we had thought. Most of the fish in the aquarium are paired. We have Dot and Dash, Stanley and Ollie, Boris and Natasha, Ruby and Tuesday. But there are some single guys in there too, Riley, Winston, and Tim. Unfortunately, WormGuy,……

Memorise: “No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself, I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father” (John 10……

“I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me” (John 14:30). Jesus spoke to his disciples about his impending crucifixion and told them that he ……

[Last evening, Alean and I watched a two-year-old movie that we’d never heard of – “Me Before You.” We knew nothing about the storyline other than that it was supposed to be a love story. The movie is well written, well-acted, and quite convincing. The underlying message of the movie, however, is horrifying. The movie……

In the midst of broken dreams and riveting pain, how should we pray? Do we pray for healing and deliverance or should we just relinquish our desires to God? How do we pray when we are suffering and anxious about what the future holds when our lives feel overrun with fear?…

Det finns endast en HÖRNSTEN som vi ska bygga vår kristna tro på, och det är JESUS Guds son beslöt sig för att bli född som människa på jorden och dö för hela mänskligheten i form av Gud i kött. Fö……

“If you’ve placed your faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, the resurrecting God of the Bible dwells in you today.”…