On Monday of Holy Week, Jesus cursed the fruitless fig tree (Mark 11:12–14) and cleansed the temple, overturning the money-changers’ tables: “My house shall be called a house of prayer” (Matthew 21:12–13). Both acts were living parables against fruitless, corrupted religion. Here’s what happened and why it matters. Events of
Far too many Christians still serve in the old way of the law instead of the new way of the Holy Spirit. Even after we choose to follow Christ, somehow our lives start to become a performance of if we are having a good day or a bad day, when
Most of the time when we think of love, we think of how we feel towards one another. There’s no doubt that how we feel can dictate how we act towards others, but is that love? How does the Bible define it? All throughout Scripture, we see that God is
We appreciate and want to thank the supporters of Before The Cross this April. Not only do our supporters help make this site possible, but we are partnered together to glorify God by sharing the love of Christ! Each supporter offers something unique in regards to ministry and we would
The cross is where Jesus took the penalty our sin deserved so that we could receive the righteousness we could never earn (2 Corinthians 5:21). It is the center of Christianity — justice and mercy meeting in one act of love. This post asks the question every person must answer:
