Very early the next morning, as the sun was just beginning to peek over the Jerusalem horizon, the women set out to properly anoint Jesus' body for burial. Having been the Sabbath, they were not able to do this when his body had first been laid in the tomb. And they had spent much time … Continue reading Resurrection Sunday
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Holy Thursday
By now the leading priests had heard and seen enough and they began to secretly devise a plan to have Jesus arrested and killed. Surely this would put an end to all of this -- or so they thought. One of the disciples, Judas Iscariot, had apparently not allowed Jesus to truly change his heart … Continue reading Holy Thursday
Who is Jesus to you
What is the gospel message? 1 - We are all sinners and cannot have fellowship or eternity with God covered in the filth of sin. (And by the way, all sin is filthy. God didn't assign a rating scale to sin.) 2 - God created us to be in fellowship with him...for eternity. So he … Continue reading Who is Jesus to you
The name of Jesus
There is power in the name of Jesus! Before he was even born, the significance of his name was made known when the angel of The Lord proclaimed to Joseph that he should name the child Jesus "...for he will save his people from their sins." (Matthew 1:21) There is salvation in no one else! … Continue reading The name of Jesus
The Ultimate Sacrifice
How often do we reflect on what Jesus actually did for us? God sent his Son...literally part of himself...to earth to experience human-ness. (Immanuel, God with us. Isaiah 7:14) He was a baby...He was a boy...He was a son and a brother...He had friends...He was betrayed by friends...He experienced sadness, joy, love, anger...He was wrongfully … Continue reading The Ultimate Sacrifice
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