Women at the Tomb The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of the more crucial, core ideas of the Christian faith, and without it, Christianity might have never gotten off the ground. The original Jewish followers of Jesus were expecting a triumphant, mighty Messianic warrior who would conquer the power…
Gospel
Disappointment
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…
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…
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:…