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Faithful to the End: Andrew, Embracing the Cross of Jesus

Posted on April 25, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

This post is part of an ongoing series, highlighting the martyrdom of the apostles, deacons, and missionaries of the first century church. “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so […]

Filed Under: Saints of Old, The Early Church (30-732 A.D.) Tagged With: andrew, apostles, crucifixion, fisherman, gospel of matthew, martyrs

Good Friday: A Prayer

Posted on April 20, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

O LORD, my God and Savior – Mockery was a great ingredient to your woes. Judas mocked You in the Garden; the chief priests and scribes laughed you to scorn; Herod set you at nought; the servants and the soldiers jeered and harassed you with brutal insults; Pilate and his guards ridiculed Your royalty, even […]

Filed Under: Misc. Tagged With: crucifixion, good friday, jesus christ, morning and evening, prayer, spurgeon

The Great Humility of God

Posted on March 11, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Augustine of Hippo: “The pride of man, which is the chief hindrance against his cleaving to God, can be confuted and healed through the great humility of God. Man learns how far he has gone away from God and what it is worth to Him as a pain to cure him, when he returns through […]

Filed Under: Quotes Tagged With: augustine of hippo, crucifixion, death of christ, obedience, philippians

First, the Cross

Posted on February 16, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Christ’s second coming was never intended to take the place of Christ’s crucifixion, and yet there have been some, I fear, who, in their zeal for the very great and important truth of the coming glory, have suffered the blazing light of the second advent to obscure the milder radiance, and the […]

Filed Under: Quotes Tagged With: blood of christ, charles spurgeon, crucifixion, ephesians, incarnation, second coming

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