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If you have seen the amazing movie by Mel Gibson The Passion of the Christ, you know that calling the day Jesus was crucified "good" seems a bit strange. But the fact is, if you know the story, it does have a happy ending. Basically, in the middle of the night,...

Growing up, I thought people were saying, "Monday Thursday," and it always confused me a bit. But it's actually Maundy Thursday and you will see church signs today announcing services this evening that bear this name. Most people don’t realize that the "Last Supper"...

Spy Wednesday. Dark Wednesday. Throughout church history, this day in Holy Week has earned a few interesting names. Some scholars argue that this was the day Judas Iscariot made plans with the chief priests. (For 30 pieces of silver he agreed to show them where they...

Knowing it is His final week on this earth as a human, Jesus seems to be trying to get in every little last bit of business that He can before His departure. Holy Week Tuesday. 1. The Pharisees try to trap Jesus into making a blasphemous, or rather, anti-god remark....

Many of you by now know that yesterday was what is known as Palm Sunday. Basically... Jesus blows into town, blows up, then...blows out. Many of us forget what went down after He got up and off of that donkey. No warm and fuzzy Jesus here. We get to see what you might...