1. Dear hearers of the word of God, you are finished. You cannot be the same now. All that is ended, over.
  2. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  3. You are not alone if you find it difficult to wrap your mind around the auspices of the Old Testament sacrificial system.
  4. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  5. Today I would like to share The Legend of the Dogwood, inspired by the words of Stoney Cooper.
  6. The needs of the people remain the same, but now the people are you and me. We still sin, and that sin causes so many challenges in our lives.
  7. It’s scary to share my struggle and to show that I have cracks because once I’ve shown my cards, I open myself up for judgment.
  8. Forty days after giving birth, Mary, along with her husband Joseph, presented their firstborn Son at the temple and "bought" him back with a sacrifice of two small birds. This is known as the "Presentation of Our Lord."
  9. Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.
  10. As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."
  11. God resolves his wrath through the unexpected giving of his Son.
  12. The king has arrived and has already begun his reign forever and ever.