Some thoughts about Easter after a day to reflect on the message of Jesus’ resurrection in the gospels:
Matthew 28 is almost, but not quite the shortest chapter in the whole gospel of Matthew. I realize that the chapter divisions were not part of the original writings of Matthew and were added over a thousand years [...]
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Easter Reflections
Posted in Church Year, Holidays, Jesus Christ, Mystery on 9 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
He Is Risen!
Posted in Church Year, Holidays, Jesus Christ, Mystery on 8 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
He is Risen indeed!
Good Friday…
Posted in Church Year, Holidays, Jesus Christ, Mystery on 6 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree,
that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.
By His wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 2:24
The Last Supper
Posted in Church Year, Holidays, Jesus Christ, Mystery on 5 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said,
“Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me, one who is eating with Me.”
Mark 14:18
So after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out.
And it was night.
John 13:30
And as they were eating, He took bread,
and after blessing it broke it and gave [...]
Something is Missing
Posted in Liturgy, Mystery on 30 March 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Somewhere in my lifetime, something was lost in Christian worship. It is hard to put one’s finger on it and say “Aha! That’s it!” But it seems to be something that is fundamentally at the center of what worship is for Christians.
Among North American evangelicals an ethos has developed which seems to say that worship [...]
Why Another Blog?
Posted in History, Liturgy, Mystery on 29 March 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Why am I adding to nearly infinite numbers of blogs out there? Haven’t we had enough? Isn’t it time to surrender? Doesn’t the Bible say something about the making of many books which has no end? Yes, Solomon wrote that in Ecclesiastes 12:12. Doesn’t it also say that where there are many words transgression is [...]
