Today, June 5, is recognised as Ascension Sunday 2011. Ascension Day was actually on June 2. Pentecost Sunday is June 12. Michael Bird provides us with seven thoughts about Jesus’ ascension: 1. Jesus ascends to heaven so that he can send the Holy Spirit to his followers. 2. After Jesus’ ascension there is an expectation …
Apparently Mark Driscoll is not in the habit of preaching from notes, preferring to study up and then deliver. But for his Easter Sunday sermon he used notes. Here they are, an example of what Driscoll packed in 40 minutes: Who Is Jesus Christ? Jesus Christ – loved & hated Jesus = Joshua (God is …
Monday With Mounce is always interesting. Each week Bill Mounce explores an aspect of biblical interpretation. This week he considers the account of the cloths in the empty tomb. The point he examines was part of the sermon I preached on Sunday. Having heard the resurrection story today at church, I reminded of the translation …
If I could only keep one album released by EMU music it would be Nicky Chiswell’s ‘Resurrection.’ To mark Easter Sunday 2011, here’s the title track. (You can also hear the album track on this page.) Lyrics: 1. Sun-bleached and lifeless, Bones of a nation Down in the valley they lay. God gave them flesh, …
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