Good Friday is more accurately Holy Friday, the Friday before Easter Sunday. It commemorates the day Jesus Christ was led to a Jerusalem hill, nailed to a Roman cross, and lifted high until he died a long and excruciating death. We don't celebrate Good Friday, but Christians do remember it.Why ... Continue reading
He saved others
March 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
"He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself! He's the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" — Matthew 27:42-43, NIVA large crowd followed ... Continue reading
Before Easter comes…
March 21, 2008 By 2 Comments
Before Easter could come, he passed through betrayal, abandonment, false accusations, humiliation, mob rule and a judicial system disfigured by the lust for power, a system that mocked truth.Before Easter could come, he stumbled through a gauntlet of angry fists, hurled insults, a shower of ... Continue reading
A meditation on Easter week
April 9, 2006 By 3 Comments
A huge crowd of Passover visitors took palm branches and went down the road to meet [Jesus]. They shouted, "Praise God! Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hail to the King of Israel!""The time has come for the Son of Man to enter into his glory. The truth is, a kernel of wheat must ... Continue reading
A very Good Friday
March 25, 2005 By 1 Comment
They had hitched their wagons to a star, and now that star had become a flaming meteor, exploding over their heads and threatening to incinerate them all.Mere days earlier, this Jesus, this Rabbi who had dazzled the country with his miracles and the authority and wisdom in his teaching, had been ... Continue reading
