Gentle and Lowly: A 14-Day Devotional with Dane Ortlund

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The Gentle and Lowly podcast is a 14-day audio devotional exploring the heart of Christ for sinners and sufferers. Join Dane Ortlund each day for a brief Scripture reading as well as a devotional meditation on a different aspect of the heart of Christ, as he helps you discover afresh not just what Jesus has done for you but how he feels about you as his beloved.

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Day 1 - Gentle and Lowly in Heart

The posture most natural to Jesus is not a pointed finger but open arms. "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” —Matthew 11:28–30 (ESV) Dane Ortlund is the author of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook Subscribe to Crossway's newest podcast 'Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Jen Wilkin' here!

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EPISODE 2

Day 2 - The Touch of Compassion

What was Jesus's first impulse when he saw unclean sinners? He touched them . . . and the sinner became clean. "And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd." —Matthew 9:35–36 (ESV) Dane Ortlund is the author of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook Subscribe to Crossway's newest podcast 'Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Jen Wilkin' here!

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Day 3 - For the Joy Set before Him

Jesus joyfully endured the horror of death in order to provide a limitless supply of mercy and grace to his people. "Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God." —Hebrews 12:1–2 (ESV) Dane Ortlund is the author of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook Subscribe to Crossway's newest podcast 'Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Jen Wilkin' here!

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Day 4 - Draw Near

Our pain never outstrips what Jesus himself has endured. He understands our suffering. "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need." —Hebrews 4:15–16 (ESV) Dane Ortlund is the author of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook Subscribe to Crossway's newest podcast 'Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Jen Wilkin' here!

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Day 5 - Beset with Weakness

The deeper into weakness, suffering, and testing we go, the deeper Christ's solidarity with us. "Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness." —Hebrews 4:16–5:2 (ESV) Dane Ortlund is the author of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook Subscribe to Crossway's newest podcast 'Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Jen Wilkin' here!

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Day 6 - Never Cast Out

The atoning work of the Son—decreed by the Father and applied by the Spirit—ensures that we are safe eternally. "Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.'" —John 6:35–37 (ESV) Dane Ortlund is the author of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook Subscribe to Crossway's newest podcast 'Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Jen Wilkin' here!

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Day 7 - Grace Reigns

The sins of those who belong to God open the floodgates of his heart of compassion for us. "Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." —Romans 5:20–21 (ESV) Dane Ortlund is the author of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook Subscribe to Crossway's newest podcast 'Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Jen Wilkin' here!

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Day 8 - Saved to the Uttermost

Christ's saving always outpaces and overwhelms our sinning because he always lives to intercede for us. "This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant. The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them." —Hebrews 7:22–25 (ESV) Dane Ortlund is the author of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. Hardcover Audiobook Ebook Subscribe to Crossway's newest podcast 'Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Jen Wilkin' here!

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Introducing the Gentle and Lowly Podcast with Dane Ortlund

The Gentle and Lowly podcast is a 14-day audio devotional exploring the heart of Christ for sinners and sufferers. Join Dane Ortlund each day for a brief Scripture reading as well as a devotional meditation on a different aspect of the heart of Christ, as he helps you discover afresh not just what Jesus has done for you but how he feels about you as his beloved.Dane Ortlund is the author of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers from Crossway.

03/25/2020

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Gentle and Amazing

05/28/2023

JudeM1978

I read this book in 2021, and it has caused so much joy in my walk with God and with a deeper understanding of Jesus’ heart. It is one of the best books I have read in a while, and has been a constant aid to my study and prayer life for the last year. I have since bought numerous titles from Dane and they are equally as rich and rewarding.
YES

12/16/2020

why we cant have nice things

Yes yes yes! Praise God that this is in podcast for for ppl to intake! Gentle and Lowly has helped me see Christ in beautiful transforming ways that I have never seen him before!
Theological Precision

01/21/2022

Let God be true

Be encouraged by the good in this book but be very alert to the statements that are not theologically precise and do lead to denying God’s attributes. For example, God’s simplicity and aseity are denied in this book because the author was not careful or theologically precise in his writing.
NancyElizabeth

10/31/2020

MySeasonofwaiting

This is so encouraging. Seeing the gentleness of Christ in our sin and suffering. Shining light at a very hard time in my life.

The Gentle and Lowly podcast is a 14-day audio devotional exploring the heart of Christ for sinners and sufferers. Join Dane Ortlund each day for a brief Scripture reading as well as a devotional meditation on a different aspect of the heart of Christ, as he helps you discover afresh not just what Jesus has done for you but how he feels about you as his beloved.