The Day of the Lord Has Come and Is Coming: A Good Friday Reflection
This day is none other than the great and awesome day spoken of by the prophets, a day in history and a day in eternity.
Holy Week
Taste and See That the Lord Is Good: A Maundy Thursday Reflection
What was given on Maundy Thursday to the apostles, and to us in the Lord’s Supper, He also mysteriously gives to the saints who came long before.
Behold, Your King Will Come to You: A Palm Sunday Devotion
Such kingly service is seen in Christ as He rides into Jerusalem as the fulfillment of the promise to David.
Holy Triduum: Hot Cross Buns
One Triduum tradition deserves particular mention: hot cross buns.
Substitutionary Atonement: We only live because He died
About a year ago my family decided to raise a few sheep for fun and to teach our kids more about God’s creation.
This Is the Night
The Easter Vigil dramatically symbolizes and delivers all that we believe, teach and confess. It is the resurrection. It is Baptism.
Devotional Tools for Holy Week
We give special attention to the days of Holy Week and all that Jesus taught and did in them. A beneficial devotional practice …
Palm Sunday Reconsidered
Palm Sunday, as we know it today, is an amalgamation of two distinct lines of the church’s tradition: the palm branch custom …
Anointed for Burial
Jesus was anointed so many times, it is no wonder that He was called “the Christ,” which in Greek means “anointed.”
Jesus Christ alone
Jesus was crucified, and He hung on the cross until death — alone. He understands loneliness. He understands sadness. He understands suffering.
A Holy Week identity crisis
If we truly examine our words and actions, we are forced to admit that we have sometimes echoed Peter’s words: “I know not the man!”
My duplicate is dead
As the family sat down to open Christmas presents, their 7-year-old son began to cry: “Mommy! Mommy! My duplicate is dead!” What could it mean?