Today, we consider the final statement made about Jesus during his suffering and death.
I have my father's memory. These are the words that I speak to somebody when I've forgotten something that I was going to tell them, or I forgot something that they told me.
There's a scene in the movie The Matrix that has always struck me. The main character, Neo, is offered two choices.
Jesus knew the pain of unreliable friends, as Peter denied Him thrice despite being forewarned. And yet, Jesus remained loyal, accepting the cross out of love. His unwavering friendship offers an eternal assurance of love, loyalty, and forgiveness, contrasting the faltering nature of human alliances.
When I was a young child, one of the rules that we had in my parent's house was thou shalt not use bad words.
Ash Wednesday is a day for repentance, for admitting our sins to God.
I always wondered to myself, why in the world would somebody take two names of weekdays and put them together into Monday Thursday? It didn't make a whole lot of sense.
Donkeys throughout the world bear a distinguishing mark on their backs. It's a darker part of their fur that runs along their entire spinal cord and also across their shoulders.
We're told that as Jesus was on the cross, darkness covered the entire land, and this was a supernatural darkness.
What could this man have possibly done to earn his salvation? He was nailed to a cross. There was nothing that he could possibly do other than just have a change of heart.
Can you think of a holiday in the church year that is celebrated on the 25th of a month? Christmas, of course! But take that back then nine months. And what do we get? The 25th of March.
When Jesus suffered and died on the cross, he was taking the sting of your sins into his own body.
