by Bob | Apr 6, 2007 | Crucifixion, Easter, Passion Week, Resurrection, Waiting on God
Nameless SaturdayWe have names for days leading up to Easter from Wednesday to Friday.Evangelicals don’t have a name for Saturday.The in-between day.The day of waiting.The day of faith-testing.Never Ending SaturdayImagine it, for the first time all over again.Your...
by Bob | Apr 5, 2007 | Crucifixion, Easter, Good Friday, Jesus, Resurrection
What’s So Good about Good Friday?Good Friday. The day Christians memorialize death. God’s death. Christ’s crucifixion.What’s so good about that?In Evangelical Protestant circles, Good Friday is rarely seen as “good.” In fact, it’s often ignored. No services. Nothing.I...
by Bob | Apr 3, 2007 | Beyond the Suffering, Death and Dying, Easter, Resurrection
In a Coffin in EgyptConsider the contrast between the first five and the last five words of Genesis. “In the beginning God created” (Genesis 1:1a). “In a coffin in Egypt” (Genesis 50:26b). Life east of Eden and this side of Heaven is guaranteed to be replete with...
by Bob | Apr 1, 2007 | Racial Reconciliation, Slavery
Reconciliation Triangle*On 9th December 1999, as its final act of the Millennium, Liverpool City Council unanimously passed a motion apologizing for the city’s role in the Slave Trade, linked to a commitment to policies that would end racism and work to create a...
by Bob | Mar 28, 2007 | Beyond the Suffering, Death and Dying, Hope, Richard Baxter
Under the Power of Melting GriefAt times stringing together the words “grieving” and “ministry” can be oxymoronic. My mind recalls one pastor who lost his wife while she was giving birth to their second child. Because of congregational and peer pressure to “keep it...
