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Posts Categorized: Passion Week
April 7, 2020
And the steeple bell rang A rural church’s Holy Week witness in a pandemic by Donna Frischknecht Jackson Frank, I really don’t think it’s a good idea to gather at the church. Yes, I know this is the holiest of weeks. You are correct. Easter is coming. Yes, I know you miss your church…. Read more »
April 16, 2019
Palm crosses The struggle to comprehend God’s rescue plan for the world By Rebecca Crow Lister Palm Sunday is one of the most festive days in the church year. In my own church, we waved our palms joyously. We belted out “All Glory, Laud, and Honor” as our organist pulled out all… Read more »
March 31, 2018
The Prophets and Passion Week: A little while longer Isaiah 53:9 • They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with the rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Luke 23:50–53 • Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph, who, though… Read more »
March 30, 2018
The Prophets and Passion Week: Light turns to darkness Isaiah 53:12 • . . . because he poured out himself to death, and was numbered with the transgressor; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. How can the day when Jesus died be called Good Friday? The events… Read more »
March 29, 2018
The Prophets and Passion Week: Remembering Exodus 12:43–47 • The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This is the ordinance for the passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, but any slave who has been purchased may eat of it after he has been circumcised; no bound or hired servant may eat of it…. Read more »
March 28, 2018
The Prophets and Passion Week: Against all odds — pray Mark 14:1–2 • It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; for they said, “Not during the festival, or there… Read more »
March 27, 2018
The Prophets and Passion Week: It’s not too late Daniel 11:31 • Forces sent by him shall occupy and profane the temple and fortress. They shall abolish the regular burnt offering and set up the abomination that makes desolate. Matthew 24:15 • So when you see the desolating sacrilege standing in the holy place,… Read more »
March 26, 2018
The Prophets and Passion Week: A little housecleaning Matthew 21:13 • He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers.’ ” Jesus entered the temple and was outraged by what he saw. Status and wealth determined one’s offering… Read more »
March 25, 2018
The Prophets and Passion Week: A grand entrance Zechariah 9:9 • Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Luke 19:29–30 • When he had come near… Read more »
