John 20:1-10; Luke 24:1-12 On Easter Sunday, the women go to the tomb to prepare Jesus’ body. He isn’t there. The angels tell them. But still, they are looking for His body, they’re perplexed. The disciples hear from the women. They go to the tomb, it’s empty. They’re confused, they don’t understand, they go back […]
John 19:1-42; Matthew 27:39-47; Luke 23:32-47, 55-56 As we gather on Good Friday, we see Jesus’ beaten, bruised, bloody body on the cross. His body that is nailed for us. His blood that is shed for us. His death that is died to give us life. Seeing what Jesus went through can create many feelings […]
Matthew 26:17-46; John 13:1-7 On Maundy Thursday Jesus washes the feet of His disciples, giving them an example of service. He eats the Passover meal with them and shares His own Supper with them, a Supper we still partake of today. He prays in the Garden of Gethsemane that God’s will would be done, knowing […]
John 12:12-19 Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead. The crowd that saw these things happen was the crowd that welcomed Him into Jerusalem with shouts of “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” Little did they know that their shouts of joy might soon turn to shouts of “Crucify […]
Luke 20:9-20 When we think about parables being an “earthly story with a heavenly meaning” we might often think about where we fit into the story. In this parable we are the wicked tenants. And unlike last week when Jesus was the father in the Parable of the Lost Son(s), here Jesus is actually the […]
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 This may be one of the most famous parables we know, and if you know the story, the title makes you think the story is about the son, when in reality, the story is about the father, and the costly love that the Father shows. And when we see the deeper meaning […]
Luke 13:1-9 When you look around at the world today, and see all the people in it. Are any of us THAT different from one another. Or to put it another way, are there people who are “worse sinners” in the world compared to others. This is the question Jesus was faced with. His answer […]
Text; Luke 13:31-35 – Jesus looks at the city of Jerusalem wanting to gather the people to Himself as a mother hen gathers her chicks under the shelter of her outstretched wings. Unfortunately, the people of Jerusalem are not willing and instead of finding refuge in Him, they will take Jesus and stretch out his […]
Text: Luke 4:1-13 – Jesus faces temptations of all kinds in the wilderness from the old evil foe, Satan. Every temptation that Jesus faced He responded with the Word of God. We face similar temptations daily, and we have the same weapon that the Christ used to overcome His temptations: the Word of God. Today, […]
Text: Luke 9:28-36 – When Jesus is transfigured on the mountain, Moses and Elijah appear with Him and talk about His departure, His exodus. Peter, James, and John witnessed this, but have you ever wondered how they knew it was Moses and Elijah, even though they had never seen them before? And what about you? […]