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Preparing for Easter Sunday
As you get ready for this coming Easter Sunday, I ask you to do four things. Make sure you have spent time in the daily Passion Week devotionals. These videos are about 5 minutes long and feature seven LifeWay leaders who have spent time reflecting on the deeper meaning of Jesus’ last words on the cross. We began these devotionals last Sunday, and they will finish on Saturday this week. They are powerful. Read the Easter story on your own:…
Why There Must Be Resurrection
Have you ever heard someone say, “Jesus died for our sins”? Perhaps you were that someone who said those words when you were a little boy or girl in children’s Sunday school. Maybe you still say it today as an adult. Was it wrong to say, “Jesus died for our sins”? Is it wrong to say that? Absolutely not. How do I know? 1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that…
From the Lowest Possible Place to the Highest Peak
Getting ready for Easter Sunday — John 20 I don’t believe that, humanly speaking, you can get any lower than the events of Good Friday. In fact, even calling it “Good Friday” seems bizarre. There was nothing good about a thrown-together courtroom and trial to convict the totally innocent Jesus to a brutal death on a cross. To top it off, almost all of those who had sworn they would stand by Jesus to the bitter end actually ended up…
Christmas or Easter?
Have you ever heard anyone say, “How many shopping days are there till Easter?” Do you buy gifts for your spouse, your family, or your siblings for Easter? Do you install lights on the roof of your house for Easter? Do you book your flight months ahead to be home for Easter? Does your workplace have an annual Easter party? How many Easter parties will you go to this year? Let’s be honest. To people of this world, Easter just…
Good Friday Home Communion Fellowship
Tomorrow, we will not meet at LifeWay Church for a traditional in-person Good Friday service. Rather, we will meet in very small gatherings at homes throughout our city for a more intimate Good Friday Home Communion Fellowship. Kindly select a host from this list, call to let them know ahead you would like to join them in their home, take down the exact home address, and ask what time you shall arrive. Actual fellowship begins at 7 p.m. on Friday,…
Sunday’s Coming!
It’s Friday, but Sunday’s coming! This is a line from a famous sermon that has been passed around for years. But it’s not only a famous sermon—it’s a forever truth. This is Easter week; today is Good Friday, and Easter is this Sunday. I have been carefully reading the story and contemplating Jesus’ last few days of earthly life. This year we’ve been doing nightly Passion Week devotions that have helped us walk through the story. (You can watch them…
Behind the Scenes
Join Heather by video this week as she updates us on ways to engage in God’s mission and reminds us that God is doing exciting things behind the scenes, just as he did during the original Easter weekend. Find out how you can help at and around LifeWay here.
KidVenture – Holy Week
Happy Tuesday, KidVenture Kids and families! I hope you are continuing to dig into God’s word this week. Here are a few things to help you do that. This Week In KidVenture This week, we will check out Matthew 21:1-11, the story of Jesus coming triumphantly into Jerusalem. This took place about a week before Easter. In this story we learn that Jesus was fulfilling the words of the prophets of the Old Testament because he truly is the Messiah! Here…
Passion Week: Preparing for Easter
We are now in the middle of a week that reflects the last week of Jesus’ life before his crucifixion and ultimate resurrection on Easter Sunday. I hope you have been able to join in the 7 p.m. devotional readings and reflections on the significance of each particular day. I have celebrated Easter Sunday all my life, but I have never taken the time to contemplate and remember the significance of each day that led up to the cross, the…
Spring Break & Holy Week
Hey, Parents! Happy Spring Break and Holy Week! We are in week four of our new way of life. I just wanted to give you all another little update of some things for this week in youth ministry! Daily Zoom Hangouts We are continuing our Monday-through-Friday 2 p.m. Zoom Hangouts. Zoom has been in the news lately for some security concerns, so I just wanted to let you know that since we’ve started, we have been taking as many measures…
Passion Week Begins
In the midst of business shutdowns, school closures, and a global pandemic that is affecting every country and corner of the world, we are about to enter Passion Week. We have always taken time on Good Friday for a reflective service, followed by a joyful Easter Sunday service. A few times I have led or participated in an Easter morning sunrise gathering. But I am not sure that I have ever taken the time to follow the traditional church calendar…