Tag: Christian

Risen!

Matthew 28 Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave.  And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel…

Questions ~ Meaning of the Cross

I ask: What was achieved on the cross? PROPITIATION: Appeasement of an offended party from wrath or anger.  REDEMPTION: What is required in order to liberate from oppression, enslavement, or another type of binding obligation.  JUSTIFICATION: Divine, forensic act of…

“It Is Finished!”

Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him.  And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him; and they began to come up to Him and say, “Hail,…

Behold the Lamb

It is Holy Week; and many eloquent writers have penned beautiful prose concerning the beauty of what we remember this week.  Here are my humble musings, what my heart is breathing as we approach Good Friday.  Not only is this…