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Three Glorious Days, Part I: The Day of Preparation

by | Apr 25, 2011 | Bible

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...

Lamentations and Good Friday

by | Apr 22, 2011 | Bible, Preaching

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...

A Thought for Good Friday

by | Apr 5, 2007 | Books, Preaching, Theology, Worship

From John Stott’s The Cross of Christ: For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices...

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