Posts which describe the Christian liturgical year
Easter is not a reversal. That is where most readings go wrong. It is not: Defeat → Victory Weakness → Strength Loss → Recovery If that were the case, then Good Friday would be a mistake corrected on Sunday. It is not. Easter is the unveiling of what Good Friday actually accomplished. The Quietest Earthquake … Read more
Nothing happens on Holy Saturday. At least, nothing visible. No miracles.No teaching.No crowds.No voice from heaven. The One who spoke creation into being lies in a tomb. And the world continues as if nothing has changed. The Most Theologically Difficult Day We move quickly from Friday to Sunday. The Church calendar does not. It … Read more
Every modern Christian understands that the events of the passion of Jesus Christ during Holy Week is the first of two crescendo messages and primary literary themes incorporated in the entire Bible. God made mankind and He gave us free agency and free will. We soon goofed up and lost our intimate personal relationship with … Read more
There is a quiet tension in the upper room that we often rush past. The men gathered there are not simply disciples. They are men who expect a kingdom. They have argued about rank (Luke 22:24).They have imagined thrones (Matthew 19:28).They have followed a Messiah who raises the dead and commands storms. They are not … Read more
Everything about Good Friday looks like failure. Not symbolic failure.Not misunderstood success. Actual, visible, undeniable defeat. The One who spoke with authority is silent.The One who raised the dead now hangs dying.The One proclaimed as King is crowned with thorns. If Maundy Thursday unsettled our understanding of power,Good Friday shatters it completely. The Collapse of … Read more
The divine Incarnation of Christ (the holy conception of Jesus, the Christ, in the womb of His virgin mother, Mary) and the subsequent humble birth of Christ (the Nativity of Christ), is God’s provision to heal man’s estrangement and separation from God. The Virgin Mary was delivered of the child Jesus (the Christ) while staying … Read more
A Christian worldview is a “God’s eye” view of our world. Creation is both visible (the physical world) and invisible (the metaphysical, “spiritual” world). Ancient Christianity understands that the visible and invisible worlds are coexistent, transcendent and indistinguishable.
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