Tuesday was Holy Week’s longest recorded day: Jesus taught in the temple, silenced the religious leaders’ challenges, pronounced the woes of Matthew 23, watched the widow give her two coins (Mark 12:41–44), and delivered the Olivet Discourse on His return (Matthew 24–25). Here’s what happened and why it matters. Events
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
“In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:10). These Bible verses about love start where love starts — with God — and follow it outward: love one another (1
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
