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Devotionals about Holy Week

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Holy Week

A Certain Young Man

Read: Mark 14:51-52 And there followed him a certain young man . . . (v. 51 KJV) At first reading, these two verses seem very strange. What would be the

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Holy Week

Final Words

Read: Mark 16:9-20 Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had

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Holy Week

The Resurrection

Read: Mark 16:1-8 He has risen; he is not here. (v. 6) This morning, Christians around the world are greeting each other with these words: “He is risen!” “He is

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Holy Week

What Changed Joseph

Read: Mark 15:42-47 Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked

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Easter

Crying Out in the Dark

Read: Mark 15:33-37 At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice. (v. 34) It was a dark day, the day we call Good Friday. As Jesus hung on

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Holy Week

A Love without Limits

Read: Mark 15:29-32 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself,

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Holy Week

Mocking Jesus

Read: Mark 15:16-30 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. (v. 20) The Apostles’ Creed tells us

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Holy Week

The Silence of Jesus

Read: Mark 15:1-5 And Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer to make?” . . . But Jesus made no further answer. (vv. 4-5) As we begin chapter 15 of

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Holy Week

A Profile in Courage

Read: Mark 14:54, 66-72 Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. (v. 54) It is easy to criticize Peter for his denial