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...
by Don Freeman | Apr 29, 2025 | Devotional
Have you ever had a non-family member you looked up to, respected, whose friendship stood out from all the rest? Is there a moment you can recall when that person spoke to you with words of strongest affirmation (not flattery because that wasn’t who they were), words...
