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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009Recently Ben Witherington III spoke at a Laity Lodge retreat. Ben, as you may know, is a leading New Testament scholar with impressive credentials. (When I printed his list of publications from his website, it took ten pages!) Ben also has one of the most informative and delightful blogs in the blogosphere. You’ll never know […]
Vintage 21 Hosts Advance: Resurgence of the Local Church
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009I’ve been asked by the folks at Vintage 21, a church in Raleigh, North Carolina, to put in a good word for their upcoming conference: Advance: Resurgence of the Local Church. Here’s their vision for the conference:
Christ promises to build the Church, and that no force will prevail against it. Yet, the local church has […]
The Stations of the Resurrection!
Monday, April 13th, 2009Christ is risen!
He is risen, indeed!
Yes, I know Easter Sunday was yesterday. But, for Christians throughout the world, Easter is not just a day, but a 50-day season, beginning with Easter Sunday and continuing to Pentecost. So today I continue my reflections on Easter.
If you’re looking for what I’ve written before on the season of […]
The Stations of the Cross: An Easter Postscript
Sunday, April 12th, 2009Christ is risen!
He is risen, indeed!
So Christians have proclaimed for centuries on Easter morning, as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. (Photo: A painting of the resurrection of Christ by Matthias Grünewald, c. 1515. I changed the shape a bit to fit this space. This was originally an altarpiece for the Monastery of St. Anthony […]
The Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Placed in the Tomb
Saturday, April 11th, 2009
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Luke 23:50-54; Mark 16:1-4
Luke 23:50 Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph, who, though a member of the council, 51 had not agreed to their plan and action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and he […]
The Thirteenth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross
Friday, April 10th, 2009
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Luke 23:44-47
44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, 45 while the sun’s light failed; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Then Jesus, crying with a […]
The Twelfth Station: Jesus on the Cross, His Mother, and His Disciple
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Copyright © Linda Roberts, 2007.
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John 19:25-27
25 Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said […]
The Eleventh Station: Jesus Promises His Kingdom to the Good Thief
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
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Luke 23:39-43
39 One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, […]
The Tenth Station: Jesus is Crucified
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
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Luke 23:33-4, 47
23:33 When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive […]
The Ninth Station: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem
Monday, April 6th, 2009
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Luke 23:27-31
27 A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. 28 But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, […]
The Eighth Station: Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus to Carry His Cross
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
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Luke 23:26
As they led him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus.
Reflection
What a shock […]
The Seventh Station: Jesus Takes Up the Cross
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
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Mark 15:20
After mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.
Reflection
Jesus had said this would happen. For quite some time […]
The Sixth Station: Jesus is Scourged and Crowned with Thorns
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
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Luke 22:63-65; John 19:2-3
Luke 22:63 Now the men who were holding Jesus began to mock him and beat him; 64 they also blindfolded him and kept asking him, “Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?” […]
The Fifth Station: Jesus is Judged by Pilate
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
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Luke 23:13-25
13 Pilate then called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, 14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people; and here I […]
The Fourth Station: Peter Denies Jesus
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
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Luke 22:54-62
54 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance. 55 When they had kindled a fire in the middle of […]
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