1. What is undoubtedly true, however, is that St. Peter wasn’t left outside. He wasn’t left weeping. He was restored, as am I, as are you.
  2. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  3. In this sermon, we will begin with one of the oldest questions in the Bible: “Father where is the lamb?”
  4. A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.
  5. The gospel of Jesus’ coming out of death and the tomb alive so that we might be restored to our identity as God’s children establishes the most enduring reality there is.
  6. Christ has come to make every last aspect of your life the object of his eternal, never-ending, always transitive grace.
  7. On Good Friday, poetic justice is satisfied. Poetic mercy is all which remains.
  8. On this Maundy Thursday, in particular, let the “for you” of Christ’s gifts dominate.
  9. Out there the instincts to protect yourself from embarrassment, ridicule, and rejection can easily overcome you as they did Peter. Our only hope is in Peter’s Lord.
  10. Betrayed. It is a word which chills the soul and sickens the stomach. To be betrayed is to have a friend turn on you, treating you as an enemy.
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