Three Powerful Ingredients in Gethsemane’s Cup

Incredibly, Jesus prayed three times and did not get His prayer answered: “Let this cup pass from me” and “take away this cup from me,” He cried. (Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36). It was not possible. What exactly was in that mysterious cup that caused Jesus to shrink from drinking it? What was in it that…

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A Bridge between Thanksgiving and Christmas

Don Harrelson Second Corinthians 9:15 says, “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.” This verse is the perfect verse to bridge Thanksgiving and Christmas. Although the context of this verse is to appeal to the Corinthians to give a monetary offering; Paul is urging them to give and reminding them that they cannot out…

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The Death That Gives Life

by Don Johnson Today, I am conducting a funeral for a man who died at a relatively young age. His body broke down after a lifetime of substance abuse of various kinds. He came from a very difficult home. He was in a strata of society that the ‘decent folks’ would try to ignore if…

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