“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus’ words from the cross rattle our bones and shake our soul by turning our Godly assumptions inside out. Is it that God is abandoning his son, his only beloved son? Is the burden of the world’s sin so great that a holy God must avert… Read more »
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When 'Our Father' becomes 'My God'
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus’ words from the cross rattle our bones and shake our soul by turning our Godly assumptions inside out. Is it that God is abandoning his son, his only beloved son? Is the burden of the world’s sin so great that a holy God must avert… Read more »
The Last Words of Christ: Forsaken
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus’ words from the cross rattle our bones and shake our soul by turning our Godly assumptions inside out. Is it that God is abandoning his son, his only beloved son? Is the burden of the world’s sin so great that a holy God must avert… Read more »
The Last Words of Christ: Paradise
Last week we sat at the foot of the cross and heard, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” These words from God’s Word open our mind and heart to the counterintuitive power of grace. How are we to respond to a “Grace that is greater than all our sin,” as… Read more »
The Last Words of Christ: Forgiveness
The season of Lent is a time in which we prepare our heart, mind, and soul for Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection. Typically we would hear stories of Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem: the over-turning of the Temple money-changing tables, the last supper, Jesus’ denial, betrayal, arrest, trail, and crucifixion. This year we will begin this… Read more »
Initial thoughts on Day Six
We are so quick to kill Jesus in our worship. It becomes self serving. We are worshiping what Christ did for us rather than worshiping Christ by following what he taught. To show you what I mean, today we visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. There were thousands of people on a pilgrimmage… Read more »