The Cycle of Easter
Published April 1, 2012Today is Palm Sunday, and next week we’ll celebrate Easter. In one sense, it’s a yearly event. In another sense, it’s a profound cycle that lays out the plan of God. In this one week period we see: 1) Jesus entering Jerusalem to the praise and adoration of men; 2) a week of living and teaching in the temple; 3) conflict with the world and judgment; 4) death and burial, and 5) resurrection to new life. In summary it’s the gospel: Jesus Christ crucified dead, buried, and raised again to life as a firm testimony to His truth. But, in [...]
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Published November 12, 2011If God is for us who can be against us? What a comforting position for us to know that, in the end, our enemies can’t win against God’s great power. How often do we remember that God is for us? How often do we act on it? Or do we tend to think that using His power would be taking advantage of God? The prophet Jeremiah quoted God as saying, “For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope” (Jer. 29:11). [...]
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