Pilate asked [Jesus], “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate asked him, “What is truth?” John 18:37-38 “What is…
Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Mark 15:43 There is so much happening in our worship service today that I thought I would narrow the focus for my sermon, and…
Here is the sermon I shared with my congregation on Palm Sunday, reflecting on the Passion of Our Lord according to Matthew (Matthew 26:14 - 27:66).
My sermon on the Passion of Our Lord according to Luke, and especially on the prayer of the penitent thief, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
Now when the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were terrified and said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”Matthew 27:54 This is a strange Palm Sunday, and it will be a strange Holy Week, too. There’s no doubt about that. But this…
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