Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 27:45

Amazing Stories is a series of animated videos featuring Bible stories that share God’s redemptive narrative across all Scripture. A short, animated video about how Jesus showed his humanity while he was on Earth tells a New Testament story for each day of the five-part plan.

The Lent Project is an initiative of Biola University's Center for Christianity, Culture and the Arts. Each daily devotion includes a portion of Scripture, a devotional, a prayer, a work of visual art or a video, a piece of music, and a poem plus brief commentaries on the artworks and artists. The Seven Last Words of Christ refers to the seven short phrases uttered by Jesus on the cross, as gathered from the four Christian gospels. This devotional project connects word, image, voice and song into daily meditations on these words.

Easter is an important holiday in the life of a Christian, but every year, it seems like we hear the same story. In this devotional, Rick Renner discusses what really happened from Gethsemane to the empty tomb. Jesus made a harrowing, horrific sacrifice for us, but most importantly, He rose again to pay for our sins.

People typically see Jesus through the lens of their own cultural norms, forgetting that He was a Jewish man living in a Jewish land. Understanding Jesus’ cultural and religious context can give you fresh insights into His life and ministry and even transform your relationship with Him. You’ll discover new reasons to fall in love with Him all over again. 

Matthew writes to God’s people and walks them on a journey that will take them from where they are to be Disciple Makers. This is 27 of 27 devotional plans walking us through the book of Matthew.  In this portion, Jesus is Risen - Hallelujah! Jesus gives us our marching orders – to be disciplemakers. 

Jared Brock, award-winning biographer and author of A God Named Josh, takes the account of Jesus’s crucifixion and deftly explores the history, science, theology, and philosophy of Christ’s voluntary sacrifice. In this 6-day plan, you will truly understand how monumental this act of unconditional love was to humanity.

Join us for this six-day Bible plan in American Sign Language as we reflect on, ponder, and celebrate who Jesus is and what He has done for us. Join us for Holy Week.

On Good Friday, darkness fell. The disciples mourned and all hope seemed lost. Three days later, an angel rolled the stone away: “He is not here; he has risen.” Easter moves from despair to unshakable hope—and that invitation still stands. Whatever season you’re in, come and see. Let’s walk through the cross and resurrection and what they mean for your life today.

'The Bible' is a powerful telling of stories from the Scriptures mixing live action with state-of-the-art CGI. From executive producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett, 'The Bible' airs every Sunday night in March on the History channel (United States). This six-day plan will take you straight to the source, where you can read the Bible stories from Week 4 of this powerful television series.

As Jesus hung on the cross as our substitute, the words he spoke not only fulfilled the Scripture that testified about him but showed his great love for all of us.