Disappointment Today’s blog is about a Bible story that doesn’t exist: the story of how Jesus’ followers spent the Sabbath after his crucifixion. In each of the gospels, the story of the crucifixion concludes with the burial of Jesus. Matthew tells us what the Pharisees were doing – breaking…
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The Eleventh Hour
The Eleventh Hour In Graham Greene’s 1938 novel Brighton Rock, a teenage crime lord named Pinkie threatens, steals, and murders his way to dominance of his town, but can never quite escape his strict Catholic background. Despite his many crimes, he figures he can escape from hell and punishment…
Trial & Execution
Trial & Execution This story needs no introduction. Its emblem is worn around necks, worked in stained glass, and sculpted outside of churches. After three years of storytelling and laughter, righteous anger and proclaiming grace and justice wherever he goes, Jesus finds himself mocked and hated at Golgotha, the Place…
Gethsemane
Gethsemane Sometimes, we don’t want things to go “according to plan." In today’s story, which you’ll find in Matthew 26:36-46 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26%3A36-46&version=ESV], Mark 14:32-43 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+14%3A32-43&…
The Last Supper
The Last Supper The Lord’s Supper is one of the common features of most forms of Christianity, even though it is not always practiced in exactly the same way. You’ll find the story of its origin in all four gospels: Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-26; Luke 22:…