Faith in Christ is forward-looking. The past and the present point forward to the future, to the coming endless Day that was signified by the 7th day in Genesis. No evening, no morning, just endless day in the light of Christ, in the presence of the Father, in the fellowship of the Holy…
“Now you see me; then you won’t; then you will again.” You have to wonder what was going through the disciples’ heads as they sat at table with Jesus in the upper room on the night He was betrayed. Jesus told them that he had even more to say, more than they could…
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. (John 10:27-28)
Sheep and Shepherd. It’s Good Shepherd Sunday, the 4th Sunday of Easter. In Latin Miseracordias…
Three readings today, three different views of Jesus. Each of them, vitally important. All of them together give us a picture of who Jesus is for us and what He is doing. Jesus as He appeared on earth to seven of His disciples. Jesus as He appeared to Saul on the…
Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed. (John 20:29)
Thomas Didymus, the Twin. We traditionally call him “Doubting Thomas” don’t we? oor Thomas. He’s the one who missed church on Easter. He was not there in…
But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. (Luke 24:11)
Alleluia! Jesus Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Unbelievable, wouldn’t you say? We know that dead men don’t rise. They knew that dead men don’t rise. …
This night, the night before Easter dawn, is the most holy of all nights.
This is the night of the first Day, when Light was spoken into darkness.
This is the night of the Passover, when the children of Israel walk through blood-stained wood into freedom.
This is the night that Israel walks through Sea…
We have come to the Friday we call “good.” Good Friday. A strange name, don’t you think, for the day Jesus was unjustly and cruelly nailed to a cross and suffered a horrible death? Good Friday. Some just skip right over this, as though it were an unfortunate speed bump on…
Tonight, on this first of the three holy nights, we are gathered to recall our Lord’s institution of the Sacrament of His Body and His Blood. This is the night of our Lord’s Passover, His exodus through death to life, His liberating our humanity from its bondage to the Egypt of the sin, death…
And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. (Phil 2:8)
Palms and Passion Sunday. It’s like Holy Week compressed into one service and more. It’s all summarized in this one Palm Sunday word: Hosanna!…