The story of Lazarus gives a picture of the great hope of salvation - that humanity would be set free from the dominion of Sin and Death. Will we join Martha in confessing, "Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world" and "through believing.. have life in his name?"
Lent 2023: The Coming One
March 26, 2023 • Jacob Taylor
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Palm Sunday: Dominus Flevit (The Lord Wept)
April 2, 2023 • Brian Zahnd
Everything about Jesus’ Triumphal Entry is the opposite of Pilate’s military parade. Pilate rides a warhorse while Jesus rides a donkey—a donkey’s colt. Pilate’s soldiers are armed with swords; Jesus’ disciples are armed with palm branches. Jesus' scepter is a reed, his crown is made of thorns, his acclaim is a cruel insult. And on Coronation Day his throne will be the cross itself. This is how the KoG comes, and it comes no other way. But does Jerusalem understand this? Do we understand this?
Lent 2023: Working the Works of God
March 19, 2023 • Derek Vreeland
Work is good. Jesus himself said, "We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work." Work appears in the creation narrative before sin enters the story. God makes man and woman in his image and God gives them a job. Their primary job was to name the animals, care for the garden, and be fruitful and multiply, filling the earth. God has created each of us and now God is recreating us in Jesus for good works—four different kinds of good work. We have been created for the work of faith, the work of repentance, the work of justice, and the work of worship.