Holidays
Easter
Christmas
Easter 2019: Resurrection
Our two-part Easter series began last time with discussion of the crucifixion. We are concluding this time in emphasis of the resurrection. However, these two events cannot really be separated. They both have to do with the atonement, the central doctrine of our...
Palm Sunday 2019: Crucifixion
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus cried out those words from the cross, a horrifying, overwhelming scene. The sky had turned dark. The wind, we imagine, whipped a cold blast frosting over the already cold hearts of the Roman soldiers and pharisaical...
Christmas 2019: Immanuel, God with Us
We have been studying Genesis and have come to the point of the flood. Normally, when I talk about a certain passage, I try to go through the passage, opening up windows of thought on specific verses—specific events. And then have the meaning of the entire passage...