12
Apr

Miracles Today

Text: John 20:19-31 The resurrection is the greatest and most important miracle for us.  It means that we have forgiveness for our sins, and we who believe have eternal life.  It means that because Jesus lives and is risen from the dead, we and eternal life and will have our own resurrection.  As we see […]

05
Apr

Emptiness Full of Promise

Text: John 20:1-18 We live in a world that makes promises full of emptiness.  That is, we make promises that we cannot or do not keep, and so they become empty promises.  God is the exact opposite.  He keeps His promises.  And as we explore the empty tomb of Easter, and see the empty cross […]

03
Apr

GOOD Friday

Text: John 19:1-42 Good Friday is just that.  Good.  Good for us.  Bad for Jesus, because He is the one who has to endure all the pain, the suffering, the punishment, the wrath of God, for us.  He takes death to bring us life.  He takes hell to give us heaven.

02
Apr

Disappointing Disciples

Text: Matthew 26:17-46 On Maundy Thursday we think about Jesus instituting the Lord’s Supper, we think about Him praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, ultimately being arrested there.  Amidst all these events the disciples are there, but they are betraying Him, sleeping while He is praying, fleeing from Him, and denying Him.  If were in […]

29
Mar

Palm Sunday Pressure

Text: John 12:12-43 Imagine being part of the crowd that sees Jesus riding a colt into Jerusalem.  Are you shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”? And then fast forward to the end of the week.  Are you part of the crowd shouting “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”?  Now, imagine […]

22
Mar

The Resurrection and the Life

Text: John 11:1-45 The Gospel reading is 45 verses long.  45 verses to see how Jesus handles the sickness and death of his friend Lazarus.  45 verses of how Jesus interacts with the sisters of Lazarus, Mary and Martha, and for us to think about their previous interactions.  45 verses to learn just about who […]