Monthly Archives: April 2025

Quick Thought – Sunday, April 20, 2025 (Easter Sunday): The Only Empty Tomb!

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

Read Matthew 28:1-15 “He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.”Matthew 28:6 Reflect I’ve been to both the Garden Tomb and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Both are reputed to … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Saturday, April 19, 2025 (Holy Saturday): The Death We Deserved

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

Read Matthew 27:15-44 Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged[b] Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.Matthew 27:26 Reflect There is perhaps no character more like us in the story of the crucifixion than Barabbas. Lined up for a … Continue reading →

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Listen to what Good is telling you to do

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

Describe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you. Rather than retell the story, I’ll just share this link. It tells everything as well as I can write it. Quick Thought – Tuesday, November 26, 2024: … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Friday, April 18, 2025 (Good Friday): What Held Him to the Cross?

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

Read John 19 So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. There they crucified … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Thursday, April 17, 2025 (Maundy Thursday): “Remembering” Jesus

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

Read Luke 22:14-23 And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”Luke 22:19 Reflect “Remember … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Wednesday, April 16, 2025 (Holy Wednesday): The Master is the Servant

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

Read John 13:1-20 “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.”John 13:14 Reflect Jesus spent only three years with his disciples, but he spent the entire time teaching them … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Tuesday, April 15, 2025: We Can’t Make Everyone Happy

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

Read Mark 3:1-6 The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.Mark 3:6 Reflect Diane and Sam had a whirlwind romance and a quick honeymoon. During the trip, Sam had started to … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Monday, April 14, 2025: Look Beyond the Pedigree

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

Read Mark 1:1-11 Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. Mark 1:6 Reflect Fred Zariczny doesn’t look like most Christians you’ve met. He has long hair … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Sunday, April 13, 2025 (Palm Sunday): Triumphant King/ Fickle Crowd

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

Read Matthew 21:1-11 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”Matthew 21:9 Reflect The … Continue reading →

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Quick Thought – Saturday, April 12, 2025: What Would You Sacrifice?

Posted on April 12, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

Read Matthew 26:6-13 But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.”Matthew 26:10 Reflect How much is Jesus worth to you? That’s a tricky question to … Continue reading →

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