Top Ten Things I Wish Every Jew Knew About Christians (Summary Version) Every year at this time, I confront the question “Did the Jews kill Jesus?” and I’m reminded of the Jewish roots of Christianity. I’m saddened at the ongoing misunderstanding between many Jewish people and Christians. If I could speak to the hearts of the Jewish people, […]
Our journey through Lent is completed today. We began in the desert of preparation, hungering and thirsting for righteousness. We saw ourselves as sinners, pilgrims desiring to walk upon the Way of Holiness. We set ourselves apart and raised up valleys and leveled the rough and rugged places of our lives. As we walked upon […]
It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed […]
When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished” (John 19:30). There is a moment of relief and satisfaction at the conclusion of a job well done. Maybe it’s most notable for those of us with a task-oriented personality, but I wonder if we all have a hard-wired sense about us that is […]
Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty” (John 19:28). In the fifth in a series of Jesus’ Last Words, we see a beautiful picture of Jesus’ humanity. As Jesus was dying a very human death upon the Cross, we might be caused […]
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”– which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Matthew 27:46 How does a person of reasonable faith deal with Jesus’ Last Words recorded above? Did God the Father abandon His Son Jesus upon the Cross? If He […]
Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Dear woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time […]
Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23: 43 How many of us long for that kind of direct reassurance? I can’t begin to imagine what a comfort that must have been for the criminal who was hanging on a cross on one side of […]
We often think of the Cross as the place where our victory has been won. Jesus’ Victory March is progressively revealed through His Seven Last Words, or statements from the Cross. In Luke 23:34, “Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ And they divided up his clothes by […]
As we work our way into the last days of Lent, we look toward the finish line—which in one sense is the Cross and in another sense is far beyond it. If the Cross was a window into eternity, this is the scene we would see: Revelation 5:1-14. It’s a passage I love so much […]
