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God on Trial
Many Christians do not understand the Law of the Tea-Bag. Hot-water does not introduce or create the taste in the cup, it merely draws out what is inside the tea-bag. Trials are like hot water: they don’t introduce sin into our lives, but they draw out of us what is inside us.
One of the most glorious examples of the beauty and perfection of Christ is to see how He responded in His sufferings and agonies on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. In this account of the betrayal, trial, and denial, we see what happens when you add hot water to Jesus Christ. Specifically, the hot water of betrayal, trial, and denial.
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The Apostles’ Creed – the Trinity
“My faith has found a resting place, not in device nor creed.” So goes the hymn, and if taken overliterally, we might agree. Our faith rests upon the person and work of Jesus Christ, which the propositions of the gospel are essential to properly explain. This is partly what the ancient creeds do. The ancient ecumenical creeds served as bulwarks against error, and rallying calls to orthodoxy. In this series, we walk through the Apostles’ Creed, and study the fundamentals of the faith.
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Barabbas and the Two Thieves
On what we think was Friday April 3, 33 A.D., there were three men sentenced to death by Rome, condemned to die by what they called the extreme penalty: death by crucifixion. We don’t know the names of two of the men; we only know them by the description given of them: criminals. We know the name of one of the men sentenced to die: Barabbas. The story of what happened to those three men on that day is a fascinating historical tale in itself. But it is more than that. Because each of these three men had some kind of encounter with Jesus of Nazareth that day. Each one responded differently. Each one gives us a response to Jesus.
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