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Dec 12, 2024 | 
theaquilareport.com | Douglas Sean O'Donnell
If Jesus’s words are more permanent than the ground below or the sky above (“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away,” Mark 13:31), and if Jesus has a proven track record on a massive prediction in world history—the destruction of the temple (“This generation,” that of his apostles, “will not pass away until all these things take place,” Mark 13:30)—then we can trust that what he says about his return, and the events surrounding it, will likewise occur.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
theaquilareport.com | Douglas Sean O'Donnell
Mark’s ending calls us to discipleship. I contend that he intends to use the failure of the male disciples in Mark 14–15 and the female disciples in Mark 16 to remind us both that Jesus graciously uses even imperfect sinners to build his perfect kingdom and that their failures serve to call us to be faithful to Jesus’s mission.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
crossway.org | Douglas Sean O’Donnell |Douglas Sean O'Donnell |John MacArthur |John Piper
What Is Known“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
crossway.org | Douglas Sean O'Donnell |Kevin DeYoung
When Family Devotionals Fall ShortI have an admission to make. In my life I’ve been a parent, a pastor, and a children’s book author, and yet I wouldn’t give myself high marks when it comes to family devotions with my five children. They’re all grown now, and most of them are out (or soon to be out) of the home. But when they were younger, we were inconsistent with family devotions. Devotions were too long or too short. I asked questions that were too easy or too tough.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
crossway.org | Douglas Sean O'Donnell |Kevin DeYoung |Don Clark |Jon Nielson
Bibles Books Tracts Articles Donate By Crossway, Douglas Sean O'Donnell, General Editor Kevin DeYoung, Illustrated by Don Clark ... Show All 104 Fun Family Devotionals, Built on the Bible Stories That Inspired Kevin DeYoung’s Biggest Story Bible Storybook
The Bible is a BIG book about the BIGGEST story. Each page tells about the God who created the world, acted in history, and continues to act in the present.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
crossway.org | Douglas Sean O'Donnell |JONATHAN GIBSON |Leland Ryken
Recalling Truth“The liturgy saved me.” Recently, I was asked about my conversion to Christ. As I was sharing my testimony, I used that line—“the liturgy saved me”—(an exaggeration!) to make an important point about how God used the many Bible readings, prayers, and songs from the Sunday liturgies of my childhood to recall God’s truths to mind and eventually to work them deep down into my heart.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
crossway.org | Douglas Sean O'Donnell |Philip Graham Ryken
Bibles Books Tracts Articles Donate 40-Day Liturgical Devotional for Daily Worship and Prayer
Regular quiet time with the Lord is essential for the spiritual growth and faith of believers. But forming this habit can be difficult without the proper resources or discipline. The Daily Liturgy Devotional offers 40 readings filled with content for prayer, worship, and Scripture reading, helping believers consistently and meditatively meet with God.
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May 17, 2024 | 
crossway.org | Douglas Sean O'Donnell
After the CrucifixionThe Gospel of Matthew ends with Jesus’s appearance before “Mary Magdalene and the other Mary,” who had gone on Sunday morning to “see the tomb” (Matt. 28:1). We are told not only that they hear directly from Jesus (“Greetings!”) but that they actually touch his resurrected body (“And they came up and took hold of his feet,” Matt. 28:9). Later, Jesus appears to the eleven disciples in Galilee, where he announces to them—in the Great Commission—their future mission (Matt.
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May 17, 2024 | 
crossway.org | Douglas Sean O'Donnell
After the CrucifixionThe Gospel of Matthew ends with Jesus’s appearance before “Mary Magdalene and the other Mary,” who had gone on Sunday morning to “see the tomb” (Matt. 28:1). We are told not only that they hear directly from Jesus (“Greetings!”) but that they actually touch his resurrected body (“And they came up and took hold of his feet,” Matt. 28:9). Later, Jesus appears to the eleven disciples in Galilee, where he announces to them—in the Great Commission—their future mission (Matt.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
crossway.org | David Gibson |Jonathan Gibson |Douglas Sean O'Donnell
This article is part of the What Did Jesus Teach? series. Jesus on Sin and DepravityThere are various texts within the Gospels where our Lord highlights man’s inner and outer depravity. Perhaps the clearest example is recorded in Mark 7:15–16, 18–23, where he taught:“There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him. . . .
