Text: Luke 24:13-35 A revelation is a type of revealing. On Easter Sunday, on the road to Emmaus, Jesus walks with some disciples who do not know that it’s Him, and they invite Him to stay with them. In the breaking of bread, their eyes are opened and Jesus is revealed to them as risen […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Text: John 9:1-41 The Gospel reading is 41 verses long. 41 verses about a man born blind that Jesus heals, and many people do not believe that he was born blind, and so there are many questions asked of him and even his parents. When the blind man finally meets Jesus, He worships Him. We who […]
Text: John 4:5-30, 39-42 There is a difference between wants and needs in our life. The things we want are not always the things we need. As Jesus makes His way through Samaria and talks to the woman at the well, there is something that He wants and there is something that she needs. As […]
Text: John 3:1-17 Jesus says to Nicodemus, “unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” As we hear Jesus’ words, we ask the question, is Jesus talking about baptism here? And if He is talking about baptism here, does this mean that baptism is necessary for salvation? […]