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“Unless I Wash You”
On the night before He died, Jesus did something nobody expected. He didn’t gather His disciples for a final strategy session or a farewell speech. He picked up a towel, knelt down, and washed twelve pairs of dirty feet — one by one. John tells us why: “Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” Everything Jesus did that night — the foot washing, the bread broken, the cup poured out — flowed…
One Question That Changes Everything.
Mark 14:1-11 | John 13:21-27 | Matthew 27:1-5 There’s a moment at the Last Supper that’s easy to read past. Jesus looks out across the table at his 12 closest friends and says, “One of you is going to betray me.” The response is telling. Every single disciple — not just one or two — looked at each other and asked, “Is it I, Lord?” Not “Who is it?” but “Is it me?” That question should stop us cold. The Problem With Judas Isn’t That…
The Question Behind the Performance
A Holy Week Reflection | Countdown to Calvary We all have a system. Maybe it’s attending church a few times a month. Maybe it’s serving on a team, or giving generously, or knowing your Bible well. These are good things — genuinely good things. But Jesus has a way of looking past the action to the motivation underneath, and that’s where things get uncomfortable. This week in our Countdown to Calvary series, we followed Jesus through a relentless Tuesday of conflict with…
Condemned or Cleansed? Letting Go of What No Longer Works
Scripture: Mark 11:17 “Is it not written, my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of robbers.” Jesus didn’t walk into the temple to fix it. He walked in to condemn it. That’s a hard thing to sit with. The temple had been the center of Jewish worship for generations. People had given their lives to maintain it, protect it, and build it up. Herod had been constructing this massive structure…