Beginning today through Easter I will post a short scripture passage and video each day. Regular blogging will resume after Easter. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted: "Hosanna to the Son of David!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Hosanna[c] in the highest!" Matthew … Continue reading Palm Sunday Reflection
Easter Reflection
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two … Continue reading Easter Reflection
Holy Week Reflection: Saturday
It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, … Continue reading Holy Week Reflection: Saturday
Good Friday Reflection
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns; they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before … Continue reading Good Friday Reflection
Holy Week Reflection: Thursday
And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. Mark … Continue reading Holy Week Reflection: Thursday
Holy Week Reflection: Wednesday
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for … Continue reading Holy Week Reflection: Wednesday
Holy Week Reflection: Tuesday
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit. I Peter 3:18 (NKJV) The Wonderful Cross By J. D. Walt, Isaac Watts, Jesse Reeves, Chris Tomlin Performed by Michael W. Smith When … Continue reading Holy Week Reflection: Tuesday