For Christians, Good Friday is a crucial day of the year because it celebrates what we believe to be the most pivotal day in the history of the world. On Good Friday, Jesus willingly suffered and died by crucifixion as the ultimate sacrifice for our sins (1 John 4:10). D.A. Carsonwr...
This is why there is a tradition for Christians to be baptized at Easter, which celebrates new life in God. However, the festival of Easter stretches back to pre-Christian times, too. It gets its name and some symbols, including the Easter Bunny, from the Pagan Spring Equinox festival, ...
A Christian is a person who lives their life according to their belief in God and Jesus. They will accept the Biblical stories of His life, teaching, ministry, sufferings, death and resurrection, as summarised in the Creed/s (a collective prayer or prayers, where gathered Christians publicly ...
This is why there is a tradition for Christians to be baptized at Easter, which celebrates new life in God. However, the festival of Easter stretches back to pre-Christian times, too. It gets its name and some symbols, including the Easter Bunny, from the Pagan Spring Equinox festival, ...
Palm Sunday is the first day of Holy Week and celebrates Jesus’’ arrival in Jerusalem riding on a donkey. Crowds of people came out of the city to greet him, throwing down palm branches on the road. Many churches give out small crosses made from palm leaves, as a reminder of Jesus’...
Beginning of Lent: Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten season. Lent is a period of spiritual preparation, fasting, and penance, modeled after Jesus' 40 days of fasting in the wilderness. It is a time for Christians to draw closer to God through prayer, repentance, and acts of com...
Interestingly, while some act like the law of God was done away, the reality is that early Christians considered that it was part of the gospel. Polycarp of Smyrnaheard the gospel from the apostles. Around 120-135 A.D., Polycarp warned that others were essentially falsifying parts of it:...
Lent is also associated with Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, where “some Christians mark their foreheads with ash as a symbol of sorrow and mourning over their sin.” Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth ...
“Chronos time is how we measure our days and our lives quantitatively. Kairos is the qualitative time of life.”(Josep F. Maria, SJ) I’m thinking about Holy Week, and worship services for Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter. I’m thinking about palms and azaleas and stripping the ...
Christians aren’t to depend on personal instinct but, rather, are to learn and rely on the truth of God’s Word. Jesus always did what pleased the Father (John 8:29). God’s children no longer live for their own pleasures; rather, they seek the joy and blessings of livi...