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The Upper Room Disciplines provides an opportunity to look more deeply at scripture by offering a week of devotions by a single author on a particular theme.

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Lord and Messiah - April 25, 2017

April 25, 2017

So, how did you end up at Yale for graduate school?” Whenever someone asks me this question, I have to decide what sort of story I will tell. There’s the story...

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Lord and Messiah - April 24, 2017

April 24, 2017

It’s not the sort of message that will win friends and influence people. But it’s a refrain of the first several chapters of the book of Acts. (See Acts 3:15; 4:10;...

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Life in Light of the Resurrection - April 23, 2017

April 23, 2017

The disciples rejoice at having Jesus alive among them. When he appears among them, he shows them his hands and his feet, offers them peace, and sends them to proclaim the...

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Life in Light of the Resurrection - April 22, 2017

April 22, 2017

Christians today depend completely on the testimony of those who have lived by faith for generations before us. Like Thomas, we have not seen the resurrected Jesus with our own eyes....

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Life in Light of the Resurrection - April 21, 2017

April 21, 2017

Peter and the other disciples do not know what lies ahead. The suffering and death of Jesus has tested them beyond their strength. And yet, they live through it to testify...

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Life in Light of the Resurrection - April 20, 2017

April 20, 2017

The psalmist maintains a steady communion with God, receiving counsel and allowing his heart to instruct him. How does a heart attuned to God’s counsel manifest in our lives and that...

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Life in Light of the Resurrection - April 19, 2017

April 19, 2017

Peter quotes part of this psalm in his sermon in Acts 2:25-28 to support the resurrection of Jesus. So, we as Christians come to the psalm affirming its voice in the...

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Life in Light of the Resurrection - April 18, 2017

April 18, 2017

Knowledge of Christ’s identity brings with it an awareness of his living presence. Just as Jesus had not been abandoned to death and Hades but was by God’s grace raised from...

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Life in Light of the Resurrection - April 17, 2017

April 17, 2017

Peter had put all his hope in his beloved friend, Jesus, only to see him cruelly crucified. Jesus had healed the sick, fed the hungry, comforted the desperate, and preached good...

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Not What We Expected - April 16, 2017

April 16, 2017

Mary supposes Jesus to be the gardener. A few days earlier, in another garden, Jesus’ trusted friends could not stay awake and pray, and another betrayed him. Jesus begged, “Let this...

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