Because Christ entered into communion with us in our misery and deserved judgment, we can have communion with him in suffering, prayer, and submission.

The Lord's manifold mercies reach people in every kind of distress.

The Lord's manifold mercies reach people in every kind of distress.

The solution to a problem caused by excessive zeal in massacre was more massacre- this is what God's people are like when every one does what is right in his own eyes.

The solution to a problem caused by excessive zeal in massacre was more massacre; this is what God's people are like when every one does what is right in his own eyes.

The Lord prepared His disciples for his arrest, their own failure, and his death and resurrection in spite of their incredulous overconfidence.

The Lord prepared His disciples for his arrest, their own failure, and his death and resurrection in spite of their incredulous overconfidence.

In the civil war, the Lord's intervention reduced Benjamin from overconfidence to disaster.

In the civil war, the Lord's intervention reduced Benjamin from overconfidence to disaster.

It was inevitable that God would undo death's bonds in Christ's resurrection because of his decree, because of the innocence of Christ, and because of his identity as the prince of life.