New posts will be posted every Tuesday. Pastor Ryan also blogs at his personal site, Look at Christ, at www.lookatchrist.com.
April 11, 2020 | Tags: gospel, cross, Jesus, easter
Yesterday was Good Friday. Tomorrow Jesus is going to rise. But Saturday he’s in the tomb. What is the significance of today? There’s many answers. Our God is a God of beautiful design and reasoning. This gospel plan...
Keep ReadingApril 9, 2020 by Steve Braun | Tags: easter, Jesus, Relationships, cross
For many people, family ties are very important. The connection that we have with our parents, our siblings, our children, or other relatives is one we do not want to lose. Even where the whole family isn’t very close, we usually have one or two family members with whom we share a special bond. When a family relationship is broken, we are devastated. If we are able to re...
Keep ReadingApril 8, 2020 by Jim Quigley | Tags: gospel, salvation, Jesus, hope, easter
These verses contain two of Jesus’s last seven sayings as He hung on the cross. They are the shortest of the sayings, consisting of only five words combined (and only two words total in the original Greek). But do not mistake the brevity of these sayings with having a shallow meaning. Rather these two words from Christ have profound meaning and implications....
Keep ReadingApril 2, 2020 by Steve Braun | Tags: Rebellion, gospel, good friday, easter, hope
In preparation for Good Friday, I have been looking over the readings for the Tenebrae service. The first reading is from Psalm 2. It is a psalm that in its historical context referred to the rightful Davidic king of Israel, but has been seen throughout history as referring to the Messiah. To some it seems out of place on Good Friday, with its insistence on the right of Go...
Keep ReadingMay 1, 2019 | Tags: easter, resurrection, Jesus
Three days after he died on the cross, Jesus of Nazareth rose from his grave. And we’re talking about historical fact when we make such a claim: Jesus of Nazareth was born around 4 B.C. and lived until around 30 A.D., he was crucified under Pontius Pilate on a Friday, and he came back to life a few days later on a Sunday. If you could go back around 2,000 years, you coul...
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