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Three Glorious Days, Part III: Easter Sunday

Mark's account of the resurrection is by far the most enigmatic of the gospel writers: When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week,...

Three Glorious Days, Part I: The Day of Preparation

The day we call "Good Friday" was a Day of Preparation for the people of Jerusalem, where they were busying themselves to prepare for the rest of the Sabbath. This Day of Preparation, however, was special, because it fell during Passover, where they annually relived...

Lamentations and Good Friday

Mark's account of Jesus' crucifixion deliberately alludes to book of Lamentations, which is a collection of poems (dirges, really) to "lament" and mourn the destruction of Jerusalem. Particularly, Mark draws from Lamentations 2:15-16 to influence Mark 15:29-32*: “And...

Christian Exegesis at its Best

I cannot remember a time when I have relied as exclusively on a single commentary for a sermon I prepared as I did this week with Phillip Cary's masterful work Jonah in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible series (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2008). In page...

God’s Stubborn Mission

When Jonah tried to flee God's call to preach to Nineveh, God sent a storm to destroy his getaway ship. When the sailors threw him overboard in terror, God appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah up for three days. When Jonah prayed for deliverance, God caused the...

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