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Complete Submission Unto Death

Judas was hung up on some silver. Peter quieted his soul with a nap.

But not Pontius Pilate. He was wide-eyed — and baffled.

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Selling Eternal Life for 30 Pieces of Silver

It’s not whether we aim to please. It’s who we aim to please.

Better not fall asleep. Because it’s hard to aim — it’s impossible to please the living God — with eyes closed.

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Forgive, so that you might also be forgiven — by the one with true authority and power to forgive sins.

Talk about a wake-up call: self-righteous hypocrisy be damned.

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He was a King unlike any other king. It was a fight unlike any other fight.

And the fig tree never saw it coming.

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Hosanna in the highest? Blessed is He?

The crowds were pumped at Jesus arriving in Jerusalem on the back of a donkey.

But their enthusiasm wouldn’t last long.