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AT CALVARY
Amazing Grace William R. Newell, 1868–1956 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. (Ephesians 1:7, 8) Calvary, meaning “the place of the skull,” is a place that everyone has heard about and…
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WHY ARE WE NOT TOLD PLAINLY
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BLESSED REDEEMER
Avis B. Christiansen, 1895–1985 When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified Him, along with the criminals—one on His right, the other on His left. (Luke 23:33) A Hill with Three Crosses—One cross where a thief died IN SINOne cross where a thief died TO SINA center cross where a Redeemer…
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MORNING & EVENING
An instructive writer has made a mournful list of the honours which the blinded people of Israel awarded to their long expected King. Evening In this SOLEMN CONFESSION, it is pleasing to observe that David plainly names his sin. He does not call it manslaughter, nor speak of it as an imprudence by which an…
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THE COLLISION OF GOD AND SIN
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NEAR THE CROSS
Amazing Grace Fanny J. Crosby, 1820–1915 For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through His blood, shed on the cross. (Colossians 1:19, 20) The cross was a superb triumph over…
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MORNING & EVENING
Jesus, bearing his cross, went forth to suffer without the gate. The Christian’s reason for leaving the camp of the world’s sin and religion is not because he loves to be singular, but because Jesus did so; and the disciple must follow his Master. Christ was “not of the world:” his life and his testimony…
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HIS AGONY AND OUR FELLOWSHIP
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I GAVE MY LIFE FOR THEE
Amazing Grace, April 5, 2024 Frances R. Havergal, 1836–1879 And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him who died for them and was raised again. (2 Corinthians 5:15) A vivid painting of Christ, wearing His crown of thorns as He stands before Pilate and the…
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MORNING & EVENING
We see in Simon’s carrying the cross a picture of the work of the Church throughout all generations; she is the cross-bearer after Jesus. Mark then, Christian, Jesus does not suffer so as to exclude your suffering. He bears a cross, not that you may escape it, but that you may endure it. Christ exempts…