It was probably sometime after midnight that Judas and a huge crowd of armed men entered the garden with swords and clubs to arrest Jesus. The group that arrived was definitely overkill. It included Judas, a group of leading priests, the captains and members of...
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The Week That Changed the World: Part 5
Preparations for Passover Thursday — "T-minus 1 day and accounting" — begins a long stretch of hours for Jesus that will include… preparation for Passover,time with His closest friends,a lesson about humility and servanthood,the celebration of...
The Week That Changed the World: Part 4
Wednesday is often referred to as a day of silence. But you could also call it a day of worship and community. Because on that day, Jesus honored the Father by shepherding His people, spending time with good friends, and receiving worship and an anointing from an...
The Week That Changed the World: Part 3
Tuesday was a whirlwind of activity. It probably won’t surprise you that Jesus went back to the temple to teach and minister again. In fact, he spent the majority of that Tuesday in the temple. We’ll describe more about that in a few moments. But, right now,...
The Week That Changed the World: Part 2
On Monday, as Jesus and His disciples were returning to Jerusalem, He was hungry. Spotting a fig tree, He walked towards the tree hoping for the first century equivalent of a “fast food” breakfast. When He reached the tree, there was nothing on it but leaves....
The Week That Changed The World
A Series on Passion Week by Chris Goins | A2.CHURCH | Artwork by Calvin Ross On Good Friday, the most sophisticated religious system of its time, allied with the most powerful political and military empire on the planet, aligned themselves against one...
Silence Isn’t a “Fixer.” Silence Is A Listener
IN THE TRENCHES! Stay All Day! — Part 3 What Job’s Friends Got Right.Principles for Friends Who Get “In The Trenches”: In the last two posts we covered the four things Job’s friends got RIGHT. In this post, we’ll wrap up this series on Job’s friends with the final two...
Friends Show Up!
IN THE TRENCHES! Stay All Day! — Part 2 What Job’s Friends Got Right.Principles for Friends Who Get “In The Trenches”: We covered the first two things Job’s friends got RIGHT in the previous post. 3. They SHOWED UP. When three of Job’s friends heard of the tragedy he...
IN THE TRENCHES! Stay All Day!
Job’s Three Friends and What They Got RightGOT YOUR SIX — PART 4 Have you ever felt like you didn’t have a clue as to how to help a friend who was genuinely hurting? Maybe they were struggling with a lingering sickness, a challenging diagnosis, a nasty divorce, job...
RISE and RISK
GERONIMO! — Part 3(The Friendship of Paul, Priscilla and Aquila) Here’s the fourth, “GERONIMO!” principle from the relational life of Priscilla, Aquila and Paul. It’s the principle that inspired the title. PRINCIPLE #4: Friends RISK love and life to help you RISE in...