They counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over. — Matthew 26:14-16
Month: April 2025
The Journey is Ending…Holy Week Begins
Lent is the moving toward a marvelous promise, a Messiah’s changing of the world. Yet the anticipation was so vastly different than the way the reality played itself out. At the beginning of the week to come there were palms of honor, the singing of hosannas, the expectation of an overthrow of a political regime. […]
Preparing for Palm Sunday
Jesus’s purpose was to offer the ultimate sacrifice—His own life—so that everyone and all of creation could worship God in new freedom and truth. Whether the people approved or disapproved, recognized or had no idea what was going on, Jesus’s purpose never changed. He came into Jerusalem humbly and gently, riding on a donkey. And […]