Carl Trueman on worship that is tragic for the right reasons. Only the dead can be resurrected. As the second thief on the cross saw so clearly, Christ’s kingdom is entered through death, not by escape from it. Traditional Protestantism saw this, connecting baptism not to washing so much as to death and resurrection. Protestant …
Songs of preparation: How Can It Be? (Christ Is Risen) and Now Open Wide The Gates (Psalm 118). Responsive call to worship: Praise: Rejoice! The Lord Is King. Corporate Prayer of Confession: Song of assurance, confession of faith, doxology: All Heaven Declares; The Apostles’ Creed; Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow. Consecutive reading: Hebrews …
From a brief reflection on sorrow, Easter and life by Ravi Zacharias. Of all the descriptions given about Jesus, there is one that unabashedly stands out to confront us. It is a description uttered by the prophet Isaiah, prodding mind and heart at once: “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, …
Submitted to our local paper, the Border Watch. The Easter weekend is now over. Seeing how many people were out and about on the day before Good Friday it seemed that lots of people were having a longer weekend than the four days from Friday to Monday. The wrench of returning to work was hopefully …
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