Happy Resurrection Sunday! As Christians, we celebrate this day as the day the Lord Jesus rose from the dead, defeating death and making way for our salvation! Praise God for that. This year, Jewish people are also celebrating Passover Week during our Resurrection celebration. Passover began Monday evening (April 10, 2017), and the celebration will …
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The Illegal Trials of Jesus
Yesterday, some commemorated Maundy Thursday, in remembrance of Jesus's last supper with his disciples prior to His crucifixion. They met in that upper room in order for Jesus to give His final command: love one another. He demonstrated that in several different ways that night, not the least of which was washing the disciples' feet...including …
Gentiles Hear the Gospel for the First Time
This is exciting stuff, my Gentile friends! (If you are Jewish, please pardon us as we celebrate this tremendous gift today.) Jesus used Jews to take the Gospel to the Gentiles for the very first time! As we learned yesterday, Paul was sent to the Gentiles after being rejected by the Jews. However, the Jewish …
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Jesus: The Incomparable Gift
While studying about God’s dealings with the Jews and with the nations, I enjoyed intriguing thoughts about a passage from Acts 3:18-20, and I want to share them: But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may …
Looking for the Blessed Hope 