Tag: Palm Sunday
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Tears of Concern
Tears were perhaps the last things we’d have expected from Jesus that first Palm Sunday. He had just ridden triumphantly into Jerusalem and received the homage of the multitudes. Yet, in that moment of triumph, the Savior cries, sobbing out loud as the original word indicates. Read Richard Lauersdorf’s “Tears of Concern” to discover why…
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Delivered From Defeat
Psalms 115-118 were quite possibly the last songs and prayers our Savior sang with his disciples before the events in the Garden of Gethsemane. What comfort is now ours because he has fulfilled these songs of deliverance for us? This blog series offers some answers to that question based on the biblical truths found in…
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The Triumphal Entry
Why start the season of Advent with a reading about Palm Sunday? It’s easy for us to lose sight of Jesus’ mission around this time of year—to only see him as a baby in a manger. This reading from Mark sets our eyes on what our Savior came here to do—to rescue us from our…