Apr 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
By the third day, I'm certain life had begun to gain some sort of semblance of normal for the followers of Christ. His mother, once unconsolable, probably finally started to get some sleep, albeit interrupted by the recurring nightmare of her son, beaten and...
Apr 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Way of the Cross - Introduction: In this Study will we be looking at the last 7 prayers that Jesus prayed on the cross. "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?" (Matt 27:46; Mark 15:34), "Father, forgive them; they...
Apr 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
One of the unique aspects of being human is the role stories play in our lives and have played as far back as the human story is told. Stories inspire, enlighten, connect, delight, warn, admonish and surprise. We need them with an urgency that resembles hunger. Not...
Apr 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Imagine the devastation the followers of Jesus must've felt the day after they laid his body in the grave. No hope that tomorrow would bring anything to calm their grief. No hope that they would see Jesus again. No hope that Rome would ever be defeated. No hope...
Apr 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Remembering the cross of Christ, as well as the crucifixion (for clarification, see yesterday’s post) is crucial to our understanding of the atonement, but it isn’t the whole story. That’s likely why I’ve never really liked the old hymn “The Old Rugged Cross”. I get...
Apr 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Someone who has actually tasted truth is not contentious for truth. Someone who is considered by people to be zealous for truth has not yet learnt what truth is really like; once he has truly learnt it, he will cease from zealousness on its behalf. – St. Isaac the...
