Good Friday confronts us with a Saviour who suffers. The cross is the climax of that suffering, but we should never think of Jesus as being immune to the tests and trials of human life. We can bear our cross because he was faithful in bearing his; his sufferings are part of his offering to God. He deals gently with those who are struggling because he is aware of his
James He Qi Praying in the Gethsemane
Do you see dead people? Back in 1999, the haunting movie The Sixth Sense was released. In it, a distressed young boy named Cole (played by Haley Joel Osment) talks to a child psychologist, Malcolm (played by Bruce Willis). Cole: I see dead people. Malcolm: In your dreams? Cole shakes his head. Malcolm: While you're awake? Cole nods. Malcolm: Dead people like, in graves and coffins? Cole: Walking around like
Passover Song from Bread for the Journey by Urban Doxology lyrics VERSE 1 Oh my mind looks back to the last great night When my God searched for the blood When He saw the red resting on the post Then my God passed over us PRE-CHORUS Can you hear the children sing? To the mighty King of Kings CHORUS They say I am covered, I am covered For my God
We Will Feast in the House of Zion (Canyon Sessions) | Sandra McCracken WE WILL FEAST IN THE HOUSE OF ZION (CANYON SESSIONS) We will feast in the house of Zion We will sing with our hearts restored He has done great things, we will say together We will feast and weep no more We will not be burned by the fire He is the Lord, our God We are
“We knowing that at any time a suicide bomber can come and disrupt our service, our worship, our praying. Then I think: Will it really be disrupted, or will I be sent into the fullness of worship?” ~A former Muslim & a mother of two, now following Jesus
Mike Moyers, Cleansing the Temple, 2014 An abstract oil painting based on the story of Jesus cleansing the temple from the Gospel of John. It is an abstract expression depicting a righteous storm against injustice and the chaos that is stirred when grace confronts sin. The painitng also explores the cleansing of the heart. The human body is often referred to as "God's Temple." This painitng expresses the internal struggle
In the Gospels, there are over 50 specific days that describe the life of Jesus. Sometimes it is only a single incident, but the Tuesday of Holy Week is recorded in detail. Mark 11:20 tells us that it was on the next day that Jesus explained the cursing of the fig tree that had occurred on Monday. Jesus then spent much of Tuesday in the temple courts (where the day
Here is a family-friendly overview for each day of this week Thank you to Joy Swatsky for putting this together The 8 Days of Easter
Advent can be described as an ascent to light. Holy Week, by contrast, moves us in the opposite direction – a descent into darkness. Even though we, by faith and hindsight, might see past the darkness of Good Friday to the bright dawn of Easter morn, we are invited to enter imaginatively into this time, suspending our foreknowledge of the Resurrection so that we, like Mary at the foot of