The punishment He endured was greater than any punishment that anyone had ever suffered before, or has suffered since. He was taken into custody, imprisoned, tried, and convicted – unjustly. Hanging between two genuine criminals, His punishment was quick and it was severe. His death, His separation from His Father ...
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Tested, Tried, and Redefined One day, a man of God named Job was going about his daily business when suddenly one of his servants returned breathless. “’The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them when the Sabeans raided them and took them away….at the same time, another messenger ...
Read More »Let’s Celebrate Resurrection Day!
Let’s Celebrate Resurrection Day! By Joel B. 1 Cor 15:3-8 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the ...
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At nine years of age, I asked Jesus to come into my heart on an Easter Sunday. I knew very little back then about the in-depth meaning of Resurrection and what a significant event it held for those who believe (or don’t believe) in God. Assuming that particular holiday was ...
Read More »Quiet Desolation
Can you imagine the hopeless desolation of that first quiet interlude between the horror of the crucifixion and the hallelujah of the resurrection? Even two millennia later, there is no greater epitome of grief. The identity and hopes of every disciple imploded with the death of their King. All that ...
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