by Bob | Mar 29, 2010 | Easter, Forgiveness, Good Friday, Gospel
“Our Forgiving Father”—Luke 15 Part 2: Leaving Home Welcome: Thanks for reading my Passion Week blog series as we reflect together on Our Forgiving Father. Today in Part 2, we see that we’re all Prodigal Sons or Prodigal Daughters. However, there’s hope—when we put...
by Bob | Mar 28, 2010 | Easter, Forgiveness, Good Friday, Passion Week
“Our Forgiving Father”—Luke 15 Part 1: Unforgiven Welcome: Thanks for reading my Passion Week blog series as we reflect together on Our Forgiving Father. Today in Part 1, we introduce the spiritual reality that apart from Christ’s life, crucifixion, death, burial, and...
by Bob | Apr 11, 2009 | Christianity, Easter, Good Friday, Salvation
The Glorious Easter ExchangeJohn Flavel:Lord, the condemnation was yours,that the justification might be mine.The agony was yours,that the victory might be mine.The pain was yours,and the ease mine.The stripes were yours,and the healing balm issuing from them mine.The...
by Bob | Apr 11, 2009 | Christianity, Easter, Faith, Good Friday
It’s Saturday . . . but Sunday’s Coming!It’s Saturday, the day before Easter. On the Christian calendar, we often forget this day. Yesterday was Good Friday. Tomorrow is Easter Sunday.On Friday, Jesus was crucified; died for our sins. His followers mourned.On Sunday,...
by Bob | Apr 7, 2007 | Easter, Resurrection
Easter: Holiday or Holy Day?Growing up, Easter was about coloring eggs, chocolate bunny rabbits, marshmallow eggs, and toys from my Aunt. For much of Western culture, that’s still the “essence of Easter.”Easter MeaningAs holidays go, for Americans and most American...
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...
