Love this post from Ray Ortlund in so many ways. Here you go:
Holy Week Help
Here’s a quick round up of 2 resources I’m utilizing this week…
1) John Piper’s Devotional Love To The Uttermost. Here’s their description:
Love to the Uttermost: Devotional Readings for Holy Week is designed for Lent 2014. The readings begin on Palm Sunday, end on Easter Sunday, and aim to focus our attention on Jesus he displays his love to the uttermost (John 13:1). These meditations on the self-giving love of Christ are all excerpted from the preaching and writing ministry of John Piper.
This resource is available as a Mobi (Kindle), EPub (iDevice), or PDF. Enjoy.
2) In conjunction with Justin Taylor’s book, Final Days of Jesus (my review here), there are videos being posted every day related to each day of Jesus’ final week. Here’s the Palm Sunday and Monday versions for you to enjoy:
My hope is that these resources bless you and your worship of the Risen Christ this holy week.
Book Review – Final Days of Jesus
I had the privilege to read and offer this short review of Crossway’s The Final Days of Jesus earlier this month. This is a fascinating work and one, quite honestly, that you’ll want to have in your library. It’s written by Andreas Kostenberger and Justin Taylor (here’s a link to Justin’s blog on this book, which gives you a feel for its visual layout).
The table of contents is simple: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. One week. This book is about one week, but it’s not just any normal week. It’s the one week in which the lives of so many people have been changed. It’s the final week of Jesus Christ.
This book takes this final week, imports all the Biblical texts describing this week, harmonizes them, and gives the reader commentary on what’s happening and why it’s so important. I read this book when lent began a few weeks ago and remember thinking that it would be an amazing book to work through on the Palm Sunday through Easter week. Even if that doesn’t work, though, this book would prove profitable in helping readers know what happened in this final week of Jesus Christ.
I know this statement will get my nerd card stamped for another year, but this book is cool for its graphics and charts. I grew up reading the encyclopedia and love those little stat corners of the USA Today. There are parts of this book where huge amounts of data are cohesively presented as a picture or chart. Having these are almost worth the price of the book.
So, I’m happy to recommend this book to you. Read it and allow what the Bible says about the greatest person who ever lived come into clear focus. Your life won’t be the same by looking at the Final Days of Jesus.
Passion 2011
If you haven’t logged in and checked out the Passion 2011 conference live, you must. Here’s the link:
Passion 2011 Live
You listen to talks by Louie Giglio, Francis Chan, Andy Stanley, Beth Moore and others. Enjoy.
Luxuriate
Luxuriate…”to enjoy luxury”
Are you luxuriating in Jesus Christ?