by Bob | May 19, 2009 | Resurrection, RPM, RPM Ministries, Spiritual Formation
Connect through The VineLineAre you ready to be equipped? Then receive RPM Ministries’ free monthly e-Newsletter, The VineLine. For your personal subscription, email us at rpm.ministries@gmail.com with the subject line: “Please Add.”What do you get in each issue of...
by Bob | Apr 13, 2009 | Les Mis, Resurrection
Is Life Trying to Kill the Dream You’ve Dreamed?Not since Paul Potts shocked the world with his amazing singing two years ago on Britain’s Got Talent, have we seen anything akin to this performance!Unassuming, unemployed, shy, and a tad nervous,...
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...
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...
