The Way of the Cross

Matthew 16:22-26 If Jesus had lived in the deep south in the years following the Civil War, His "cross" probably would have been a rope around his neck and His crucifixion a lynching. If he'd been ...

The Day Jesus Turned Palms into Nails

Mark 11:1-11 When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, "Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has...

Jesus’ Death: The Risen Christ — Satisfied with His Sufferings Isaiah 53:3-12

This sermon invites us to deepen our understanding and strengthen our faith as we fix our gaze on the resurrection of Jesus as it was described by the prophet Isaiah 700 years before the first Easter. Iin Isaiah 53 we see the content and the confirmation of the resurrection of Christ -- content because the precious meaning of it for our lives is opened to us; and confirmation because it was predicted 700 years before it happened.