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Holy Week: Day 8
Good Friday: 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.
Holy Week: Day 7
Growing up, I thought people were saying, “Monday Thursday,” and it always confused me a bit. But it’s actually “Maundy Thursday”.
You’ll see church signs today (and probably have over the last week) announcing services for this evening that bear this name.
Holy Week: Day 6
Dark Wednesday, Spy Wednesday…I just call it Weird Wednesday. Throughout church history, this day in Holy Week has earned a few interesting names. Some scholars argue that today was the day Judas Iscariot made plans with the chief priests. (For 30 pieces of silver he...
Holy Week: Day 5
Knowing it’s 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.
1. The Pharisees try to trap Jesus into making a blasphemous, or rather, anti-god remark. (Which would be very illegal!) (Mark 11:27-33).
Holy Week: Day 4
Monday of Holy Week was a busy day for Jesus. Basically, He blew into town, blew up, then...blew out. Many of us forget what all went down the day after He got off that donkey on Palm Sunday. No warm and fuzzy Jesus here. We get to see what you might call His "mean"...
Holy Week: Day 3
Happy Palm Sunday! On the Sunday before Christ died, he walked the 2 miles from Bethany (where He was staying), into the city of Jerusalem. When He arrived, He rode in on a donkey. People were running out in front of Him throwing palm branches on the ground and waving...
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