Silent Saturday

Posted by on 3.22.08 in Bible Study, Devotional, Good Friday-Easter, Video

The four gospels do not tell us much about what happened on the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We know that after Jesus died, the disciples stayed behind locked doors for fear of the Jewish leaders (John 20:19). Their fear was well-founded because on that Saturday, the chief priests and the Pharisees met wi …

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Download Today’s Interview on WMBI

Posted by on 3.21.08 in Good Friday-Easter, Interviews

Today I spent an hour on WMBI radio in Chicago tracing the events of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Nancy Turner (host of “This the Day!”) and producer Mark Breta came up with the idea of reliving the day Christ died and the morning of his resurrection. They invited me to paint word pictures of the key events, interspersed …

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Wonderful Cross

Posted by on 3.21.08 in Good Friday-Easter

I found this YouTube video of Michael W. Smith in concert singing “Wonderful Cross.” You can hear the audience singing along with him. I hope you will not only watch the video but sing along also and remember what Good Friday is all about.

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Good Friday Radio Interview

Posted by on 3.20.08 in Good Friday-Easter, Interviews

I am doing an interview about the true significance of Good Friday and Easter Sunday on WMBI-FM from 10-11 AM CDT Friday morning. Listeners in the Chicago area can hear the interview at 90.1 FM. Outside Chicago you can hear the interview by going to the WMBI website and clicking on “Listen Live” in the lefthand column.

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Eighteen Easter Sermons

Posted by on 3.17.08 in Good Friday-Easter

Here are eighteen Easter sermons. You are welcome to use this material in any way that might be helpful to you as you prepare your heart for the celebration of our Lord’s resurrection from the dead.Where is Jesus When We Need Him? Going All In: “The Third Day He Rose From the Dead”Good News from the GraveyardEaster a …

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Ed Mcollum on the Resurrection

Posted by on 4.8.07 in Good Friday-Easter

Here are some thoughts on the resurrection of Jesus by my mentor in the ministry, Ed McCollum. When I was a teenager, I used to listen to him preach at the First Baptist Church of Littleville, Alabama. He was the first Bible expositor I ever heard. I can still remember how he took at least five years to go through the book …

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Where Is Jesus When We Need Him?

Posted by on 4.7.07 in Good Friday-Easter, Sermons

We have just posted a new Easter sermon:Where Is Jesus When We Need Him?Here is an excerpt:We all live somewhere between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We are on the long Emmaus Road journey together. There are times when we feel alone and overwhelmed and doubts creep in and our heart gives way and we feel like we can&rsquo …

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Hell and Holy Week

Posted by on 4.2.07 in Good Friday-Easter, Theology

Last week the Pope made headlines when he said that hell is a real place. Addressing a parish gathering in a suburb of Rome, he said noted that hell “really exists and is eternal, even if nobody talks about it much any more.” He’s definitely right that we don’t talk about it very much, even in church.When was th …

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Five Good Friday-Easter Sermons from the Apostles’ Creed

Posted by on 3.28.07 in Good Friday-Easter, Sermons

Here are five Good Friday/Easter sermons from the series on the Apostles’ Creed. Please feel free to use these sermons in any way that may be helpful in your own sermon preparation or to prepare your own heart for Holy Week.The Man Who Killed JesusThe Day God DiedGod’s ScapegoatThe Strangest Part of the Creed: & …

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Fifteen Easter Sermons

Posted by on 3.26.07 in Good Friday-Easter, Sermons

Here are fifteen Easter sermons. You are welcome to use this material in any way that might be helpful to you as you prepare your heart for the celebration of our Lord’s resurrection from the dead.Good News from the GraveyardEaster and the Secular Mind Christ and the Problem of DeathThe Apostle Who Would Not BelieveMa …

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