If you want a devotional to read in preparation for Easter, I know of nothing better than Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter, a collection of classic and contemporary essays,
You can read online for free Guthrie’s preface, as well as Martin Luther’s “True Contemplation of the Cross” and John Piper’s “He Set His Face to Go to Jerusalem.”
Here are the rest of the 25 selections:
3. An Innocent Man Crushed by God, by Alistair Begg
4. The Cup, by C. J. Mahaney
5. Gethsemane, by R. Kent Hughes
6. Betrayed, Denied, Deserted, by J. Ligon Duncan III
7. Then Did They Spit in His Face, by Charles Spurgeon
8. The Silence of the Lamb, by Adrian Rogers
9. The Sufferings of Christ, by J. C. Ryle
10. Father, Forgive Them, by John MacArthur
11. With Loud Cries and Tears, by John Owen
12. That He Might Destroy the Works of the Devil, Martyn Lloyd-Jones
13. I Am Thirsty, by Joseph “Skip” Ryan
14. God-Forsaken, by Philip Graham Ryken
15. Cursed, by R. C. Sproul
16. Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit, by James Montgomery Boice
17. Blood and Water, by John Calvin
18. He Descended into Hell and Ascended into Heaven, by J. I. Packer
19. A Sweet-Smelling Savor to God, by Jonathan Edwards
20. The Most Important Word in the Universe, by Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.
21. Resurrection Preview, by Francis Schaeffer
22. Peace Be unto You, by Saint Augustine
23. Knowing the Power of His Resurrection, by Tim Keller
24. Sharing His Sufferings, by Joni Eareckson Tada
25. Crucified with Christ, by Stephen F. Olford