by Don Freeman | Apr 6, 2023 | Devotional
A Maundy Thursday scenario: It is a day of unparalleled heart heaviness for Jesus. He’s embraced his dearest friends, Lazarus, Mary, and Martha, weeping with them, for the final time. Re-entering Jerusalem, he’s greeted by a foreboding silence, the then-rejoicing,...
by Don Freeman | Apr 4, 2023 | Devotional
It’s known throughout Christendom as Holy Week, with many branches of the church holding daily services to mark the final days of our Redeemer’s life on earth. To Jesus, though, it is Finals Week. The final visit to the temple has been made with chaos reigning and...
by Don Freeman | Nov 1, 2022 | Devotional
Talk about things hidden in plain sight! There it was! As the sun tilted its way across the western sky, it was pouring golden light through the full-length living room window. How many times it had done this without notice I’ve not calculated, but on this fateful...
by Don Freeman | Oct 22, 2022 | Devotional
“It’s just a game.” Those were the words meant to reassure me on the rare occasion when I was being reluctantly recruited to play neighborhood baseball (they were extremely rare and you will soon enough understand the reason). I quickly experienced the sharp pain of...
by Don Freeman | Jul 16, 2022 | Devotional
Our story, recap: The serpent lied. Adam disobeyed. God declared war. Here we are. (The serpent is still lying. Man is still disobeying. God’s war against lies and disobediences still goes on. And we are still here – in the thick of it.) God loved. Second Adam obeyed....
