Understanding Passover

Hi friends! This is an interesting year, in that the Christian celebration of Passion Week overlays the 8-day Jewish celebration of Passover almost exactly. Passover begins at sundown this Saturday (April 12, 2025) and extends through sundown on Sunday (April 20, 2025). Passion Week begins this Sunday (April 13) with Palm Sunday and concludes on …

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Rejoice…Jesus is Alive!

It’s quiet here…take a seat. Soak it in! Pull out your Bible and read Matthew 28:1-7. Avoid rushing through it, but rather put yourself into the place of the two women who arrived at the tomb early that Sunday morning. Perhaps look intently into the picture above and put yourself there in your mind’s eye. Feel …

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Jesus’ Crucifixion Clearly Seen in the Jewish Feasts

As Christians, we will celebrate the most important day of the year this weekend: Resurrection Sunday.  Christ is risen, and if that were not true, Christianity would crumble.  We base our celebration on the Biblical accounts of Jesus’s death, burial and resurrection, which is succinctly wrapped up in this passage: For I delivered to you as of …

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Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of Passion Week

We’re leading up to Resurrection Day by exploring the week that set the stage.  As you know, Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.  The Jews were expecting a conquering king, and had hopes that Jesus would save them from oppressive Roman rule.  However, Jesus came as a humble servant, riding on a lowly donkey and, they …

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