Sin held sway and horror gripped the earth on the Friday Jesus died. Darkness covered everything and everyone. Not the darkness of a spring thunderstorm but a thick, suffocating darkness. Candles must have been lit in homes as people groped about as if they were blind. The earth shook and perhaps groaned as the veil […]
Apr 4, 2021
The First Easter
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“And very early in the morning of the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. And he saith unto them, ‘Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen. He is not here.’” (Mark 16: 2, 6.
Apr 23, 2017
Those Ten Plagues of Egypt
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The story of the ten plagues the Lord sent on Pharaoh and his people is familiar to most of us. I’ve read it many times but not until lately had I realized that each plague pointed to a certain Egyptian deity. We all know the story of how Moses was to lead the people of Israel […]
Apr 14, 2017
Sorrowful Friday
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Today is Good Friday; a German word for it is Karfreitag, sorrowful Friday. Some people believe it once was called God’s Friday. It was the day Jesus died for sinful humanity and is the beginning of the Easter weekend. I don’t like to think about the crucifixion. Oh, I love thinking about the Resurrection and the Lord’s […]
