by Don Freeman | May 13, 2025 | Devotional
More than once, Jesus talked about having eyes and ears. I’m reflecting on that expression because what he was recommending was, if one has eyes to see and ears to hear then he should see and hear. I know what you’re thinking, That’s a brilliant...
by Don Freeman | May 10, 2025 | Devotional
Ignominious, that’s what it was. Jesus’ death, that is – despicable, humiliating, disgraceful, shameful, degrading, dishonorable. And the disciples watched it all like a waking nightmare in a type of paralyzed horror beyond anything they’d ever experienced. But...
by Don Freeman | May 8, 2025 | Devotional
Think with me, putting ourselves in the place of the disciples. Jesus, the last they had seen him, hanging on the cross, beaten unrecognizable, just barely alive. He died and was quickly buried in a tomb belonging to Joseph of Arimathea. Then, three days later, his...
by Don Freeman | May 6, 2025 | Devotional
We do it for the long term. Things like education (internship, college, university), healthcare (going to the dentist, for example), saving money/paying our tithe, eating well, exercising, etc., etc. Each of these is not necessarily pleasant in the moment, but each...
by Don Freeman | May 3, 2025 | Devotional
My first adult job was all lined up for after High School Graduation. It was exciting-scary. My first week as Junior Accounting Clerk was marked with a deluge of information. I was timid, new to the job and to the building, had a group of 50 clerks to get to know...
by Don Freeman | May 1, 2025 | Devotional
Sometimes I daydream that, in 2000 years of church history, we should have perfected this thing of being Christians, should have all the essentials buttoned up, no major issues left, all of us living in near perfect unity, the Gospel penetrating the very last areas of...
