April 19, 1995. On a clear spring morning evil shattered the heart of America. At 9:02 a.m., outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, a truck bomb exploded, killing 168 people, including 19 children. More than 600 others were injured. Families were forever changed. A city was ripped apart. Our nationContinue reading “Remembering Oklahoma City 30 Years Later”
Author Archives: The Devotional Guy™
The Devotional Guy™ is a blog written by Rainer Bantau helping Christians think biblically and live purposefully in a complex and changing world.
Good Friday Still Matters
Good Friday makes Easter possible. Without the sacrifice of Jesus on that Friday over 2,000 years ago, there would be no Resurrection Sunday. No victory over death. No empty tomb to rejoice in. Just like Christmas commemorates the birth of Christ, Easter celebrates His rising—but that rising could not have happened without His willing deathContinue reading “Good Friday Still Matters”
Wednesday Wisdom | Holy Wednesday
It’s late evening here in Texas, and after a day of practicing being, I am sharing some thoughts on Holy Wednesday, also known as Spy Wednesday. It’s the day that reminds us of the plot by Judas to betray Jesus to the Jewish chief priests and elders. The religious leaders of the time felt bothContinue reading “Wednesday Wisdom | Holy Wednesday”
