Category Archives: Death of Christ

Take him and judge him by your own law

When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!” As if to say, “Look, he is no threat to anyone.” Blood running down his face, swollen from the fists that repeatedly pummeled him, Pilate presents Jesus as a pathetic harmless man. Continue reading

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A strange and glorious transformation

Something exceptional happened when they hung Jesus on a cross. Continue reading

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Stay focused on the true meaning of Christmas

Don’t miss the four truths we learn from the birth of Jesus Christ. Continue reading

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Our hope in life and death

Worship the God who breaks in on the natural order for us and our salvation!. Continue reading

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You will be resurrected

How final is death? Should we expect to be resurrected? Continue reading

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Remedy for a heavy heart

A heavy heart finds comfort and relief when we turn to the worship of praise. We have a great example of this from the disciple whom Jesus loved. Continue reading

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A screaming room in every hospital

Unbelief doesn’t shout bewilderment at a personal God. It shouts at blind fate. Belief shouts at a faithful and loving Heavenly Father. Continue reading

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The most amazing person who ever lived

Jesus Christ is so extraordinarily unprecedented that he shatters our categories and demands our worship. Continue reading

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Meet the citizens of heaven

It might surprise some to meet the true citizens of heaven. Many religious leaders “shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces” (Matthew 23:13). Jesus said of them,  “You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. ….You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are” (Matthew 23:14-15). Jesus said to these religious leaders, “religious leaders “shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces” (Matthew 23:13). Jesus said,  “You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. …Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you” (Matthew 21:31). Continue reading

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Only One did that for me…

How many Kings step down from their thrones? — Only One did that for me… Continue reading

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