This is the third installment in our series, From Eden to Easter: Life and Death in the Garden. Each day throughout Holy Week, we will take a special look at the gardens and wildernesses of Scripture, and in particular, these scenes' connections to Christ's redemption won for us on the cross.

David and Adam reflect on Holy Week.

God could kill or make alive, or He could wound or heal. Mercifully and thankfully His choice was life.

Every earthly kingdom meets its end. All empires crumble and fall. But from the beginning, the kingdom of God, which Christ would rule, was said to be eternal.

On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss Luke's account of the Transfiguration.

The seemingly small, the particular, the previously overlooked, magnifies in importance.

Passion. In this episode, we read Irenaeus on Christ’s passion and discuss Holy Week, the consequences of following Christ, what happens when things lack clear definition, and the consequences for the Church.

The death and resurrection did indeed really happen. They are accomplished historical facts, and by them, so too is the forgiveness of our sins and justification before God.

On this Good Friday, we come face to face with the reality of our sin and Christ's cross.

Their interest in the one who had been raised turned to the One who did the raising. And meeting Jesus did not leave them unaffected.

Jesus is coronated on the Cross. It would be from Golgotha where Jesus will reign over the kingdoms of the earth.

The prophet is clear that this coming King would be different from the common experience of kings, both in Israel and among all the kings of the earth.