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Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. He died for everyone so that those who receive His new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them. This means that anyone…

Peter declared, “Even if everyone else deserts you, I will never desert you.” Matthew 26:33   The Maundy Thursday service is my favorite.   Not Christmas Eve.  Not Easter.  Maundy Thursday.   I hesitate to say ‘favorite’ for such a sad service and sometimes use ‘most meaningful’.  It is, by far, the most moving service…

  Then Pilate went back into his headquarters and called for Jesus to be brought to him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked him. Jesus replied, “Is this your own question, or did others tell you about me?” “Am I a Jew?” Pilate retorted. “Your own people and their leading priests brought…

Jesus told them, “Tonight all of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say, ‘God will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’” Matthew 26:31 (NLT)   It was an intimate meal – Jesus with his closest friends and dearest enemies.   The disciples were probably confused.  Four days ago…

A man with two sons told the older boy, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ The son answered, ‘No, I won’t go,’ but later he changed his mind and went anyway. Then the father told the other son, ‘You go,’ and he said, ‘Yes, sir, I will.’ But he didn’t go. “Which…

Hosanna!   Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!   Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!   Hosanna in the highest heaven!  Mark 11:9-10 (NIV)   Did you sing Hosanna on Sunday?  Did you know it means ‘save us’?   Did you sing sincerely, asking Jesus to save…