Archive for April 2019
From Doubt to Certainty
The entire message of the Bible, written a thousand different ways, is God saying to mankind “Peace be with you. I forgive you.”
Read MoreEaster Victory
This is how much of a change Jesus brought about on Easter, and this is how dominant his victory was: He took death, which had been mankind’s greatest curse, and turned it into the beginning of mankind’s greatest blessing. He took death, which people have always been afraid of, and turned it into something that as Christians we can actually look forward to. Because he lives, we also will live. . .
Read MoreThe Final Days of Jesus: Good Friday
As Martin Luther once wrote, ‘Lord Jesus, you are my righteousness; I am your sin. You have taken upon yourself what was mine and given me what was yours. You became what you were not so that I might become what I was not.’ The cross is the place where God declared Jesus guilty. . . but it’s also the place where God declared you forever innocent.
Read MoreThe Final Days of Jesus: Maundy Thursday
There was no element of surprise here. Jesus knew exactly what was going to happen to him. And yet when he had finished supper with his disciples, he went out and patiently waited for his enemies to come and find him. Why would Jesus do this? Because this had been his plan all along. . . .Jesus was on a mission to save the world and to do so he needed to be arrested and tried and killed.
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