Witness the horror and glory of Good Friday

In many ways there is nothing good about it. In one life-changing way, everything about it is good. At this point in His week, Jesus had been betrayed and taken into custody.  All night long, He’d been shuttled from one place to another for various questionings...

How to prepare for Resurrection Day?

Let’s check in on what’s going on with Jesus. Jesus has come to Jerusalem for the last time.  He’s intent on completing the sacrifice for our sins.  But before that happens, he has some work to do… One thing on His agenda, a visit to the...

Passion Week:  The Stones Will Cry Out

The day when we celebrate Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem for the last week of His life.  He entered with the intention of taking on the sins of the world and dying so that we might live. All over the world, people celebrate this day as the beginning of...

Communion or the Lord’s Supper?…

It was woven into the culture of every church I attended.  But then my dad was the pastor, so it was perfectly consistent everywhere I went. Some of my strongest memories of the Lord’s Supper happened on Saturday night.  Not because we had a Saturday evening...

In the footsteps of Jesus

It was a wonderful experience to walk in the places where the great stories of the Bible occurred.  It changed the way I read my Bible. I can close my eyes and see the valley of Elah where David defeated Goliath.  I have strong recollections of the city of Jericho by...