Tag: Holy Week
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Rethinking Graphic Easter Sermons
Why do so many Easter sermons, pageants, and films linger over the gore of the crucifixion when the Gospels themselves are so restrained? The cross was undeniably brutal. But the Evangelists seem far more interested in its meaning than in its mechanics.
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Day 317: Jesus or Barabbas? (John 18:40)
Pilate offered Israel a choice between two sons: Barabbas, the violent son of a human father, and Jesus, the suffering Son of the Heavenly Father. The crowd chose Barabbas—and we’ve been choosing him ever since.
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Day 314: He Stoops, He Serves (John 13:1-18)
Jesus knew the Father had given all things into His hands. With a full menu of divine options, He picked up a towel. True humility isn’t denying greatness—it’s defining it differently.
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Day 313: The Passover Problem, and How a Man With a Water Jar Could Solve It
Why do the Gospel writers seem to disagree about when Jesus celebrated the Passover? The answer may lie with a man carrying a water jar through the streets of Jerusalem—and a calendar that ran one day ahead of the priests’.
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Treasuring the Master (Mark 12:38-44)
Between corruption and collapse, a poor widow dropped two small coins into a temple that was already dying. Jesus saw her gift—not for its size, but for its surrender. This message explores how her quiet act of faith foreshadows the cross and calls us to give with the same trust, courage, and love.
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Wednesday of Holy Week: A Quiet Betrayal
“Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests and asked, ‘What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?’ So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.” (Matthew 26:14-16) Wednesday of Holy…