for my unkind words and thoughts

for my meanness that put jesus on the cross

for those who are without family members or roof or clean water in myanmar

for being unable to convince you to come to bsf with me this year

i’m sorry for whatever has prevented you from being with me at bsf over the last several weeks, because i cannot express what it has been to study in such detail the last week, days and hours of jesus’ precious life. we’ve spent the past three weeks alone on the final 24 hours of his life, culminating today in his finally crying out his last words on the cross. last year i begged you to come and study matthew with me at bsf. and i am sorry that you didn’t because it has blessed me over and over again.

so you should know that next week, wherever you live, you can go to bsf. you can sign up to study moses with me (and simon) in the fall. you can sit through the last lecture of the year, which will be on the last chapter of matthew. i can hardly wait. because in light of the death and destruction that is heaped upon the earth today, the resurrection is the only true hope i have.