Our Resurrection Sunday celebrations were a joy in every way. Celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus every spring is a wonderful experience. The Church throughout the centuries has celebrated a living and resurrected Lord Jesus. Though Jesus was a living person in history He is presently living in eternity in the same body that walked on […]
This Sunday we will focus on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Resurrection Sunday is the most incredible day of the year. We will be in Luke 23:44-46 and Luke 24:1-12. The passage in Luke 23 tells us about the final moments before Jesus died. The passage in Luke 24 tells us what
This Sunday is Palm Sunday. Throughout the history of Christianity the Church has remembered the “Triumphal Entry” of Jesus into Jerusalem one week before Resurrection Sunday. The event is a strange paradox. On Palm Sunday the crowds are celebrating Jesus with shouts of “Hosanna”. A short time later the crowds were demanding the death of Jesus.Â
This Sunday we will be looking at two narratives in Luke’s Gospel. We will focus on Luke 22:54-71. In this section three scenes unfold. The first is focused on Peter and his three denials of Jesus. The second is guards mocking and beating Jesus after his arrest. The third is the religious leaders who question
This week we will be in Luke 22:39-53. In the first half of this section Jesus is praying with deep sorrow regarding Calvary. Two times he challenges the disciples regarding prayer and the ever present reality of temptation. Another word for temptation is “trial”. As we all know we all face trials and temptations on