
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
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Jeremy T. Bakker | Read John 12:1-11
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Sign Up TodayJesus arrives in Bethany six days before the Passover. We have just learned that the authorities plan to put him to death. (See John 11:53-57.) And we can scarcely envision any alternative to his ultimate fate. We read of it as early as the first chapter (John 1:29, 36), and...
As fear about our own fate calls for our attention, let us be mindful first for those who suffer in silence this day.
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I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.”
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