Good Morning Friends, Last night we participated in a Maundy Thursday/Tenebrae service at church that was overshadowed by that afternoon's gunman's shooting that killed two people at Florida State University, injured six others and created community chaos especially for students, faculty and parents but also for the perpetrator who is now in custody recovering from wounds received as he was captured. … Continue reading Will We Embrace Christ’s Cross…As Our Cross On Sunday?
Month: April 2025
Are We Willing To Both Serve And Be Served For God’s Glory This Holy Week?
Good Morning Friends, I imagine that from time to time you have served a meal to the less privileged at the expense of receiving service from them. In today’s text at the Last Supper Jesus washes the feet of the disciples along this theme in the Upper Room at Passover. But this action on Jesus’ … Continue reading Are We Willing To Both Serve And Be Served For God’s Glory This Holy Week?
Why Did Jesus Choose Judas?
Good Morning Friends, One of the saddest characters in the Bible is Judas Iscariot. He had such a promising future on paper. His name’s sake, Judas Maccabaeus is in the history books as the brilliant military strategist who led an uprising for Jewish independence in 164 B.C. In fact, many of the disciples had the … Continue reading Why Did Jesus Choose Judas?
Are You Serving The King With A Holy Purpose Guided By God’s Plan Of Love?
Good Morning Friends, If Judas had not betrayed Jesus, would we still be Christians? If Peter had not denied Christ and later been forgiven, would we understand grace? Friends, we are in Holy Week, and it is a time when we remember both the darkest hour of history, and the time the Son of God … Continue reading Are You Serving The King With A Holy Purpose Guided By God’s Plan Of Love?
How Can We Be All In, Glorifying The Suffering Servant Beyond This Passover?
Good Morning Friends, Blink your eyes and in one week Easter may seem to have come and gone. But that is not the way to experience the greatest event in all of history. As for church staff they will be rejoicing in the offer of Jesus. “Come to me all you who are weary and … Continue reading How Can We Be All In, Glorifying The Suffering Servant Beyond This Passover?
How Do Passion, Colts, Tears and Palms Go Together To Help Us Prepare For The Week To Come?
Good Morning Friends, Everything is connected but some things have been connected in scripture in a way to help us to remember the events and themes. As we continue our Lenten journey moving ever onward this Palm Sunday, we begin what has been referred to as Holy Week, and it is good to review the lessons … Continue reading How Do Passion, Colts, Tears and Palms Go Together To Help Us Prepare For The Week To Come?
Do You Believe Jesus Is The Covenant Of Love He Claimed To Be For The Church?
Good Morning Friends, A friend of mine pointed out to me that a lot of terms we use as scriptural do not appear in the Bible. For example, nowhere will you see the word Easter in scripture. There has been a cultural subversion of the Biblical faith, and it is now so embedded in the … Continue reading Do You Believe Jesus Is The Covenant Of Love He Claimed To Be For The Church?
Have You Been Freed By The Truth Or Are You Deceived?
Good Morning Friends, There is a deception in this world that seems to be growing and it is a personal and collective problem not limited by political party or culture. We are plagued by fake news and the rewriting of history for profit that does not tell the full story and often promotes a very … Continue reading Have You Been Freed By The Truth Or Are You Deceived?
Do We Have The Faith To Stop Complaining, Overcome Our Instincts, And Be Healed And Saved?
Good Morning Friends, The sad storyline in Exodus and Numbers is of a group of people who made a profession of complaining for forty years. As God was delivering them and providing for them, they whined. And honestly, I might have as well if I had been bitten by a snake and attributed my situation … Continue reading Do We Have The Faith To Stop Complaining, Overcome Our Instincts, And Be Healed And Saved?
Are We All In Disciples Of The Light?
Good Morning Friends, Sorting out false prophets is not as easy as one might think for false prophets are shrewd. Some basic wisdom is available to us. It has been said that early to bed and early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy, and wise. And perhaps that is true for one who spends … Continue reading Are We All In Disciples Of The Light?
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