Posts Tagged ‘Palm Sunday’
The Need For The Cross
Palm Sunday is typically remember for the triumphant entrance of Christ into Jerusalem. From the Jew’s point of view in that day, this was the highlight of His ministry. And yet by Friday He was hanging on the cross, dying the tortured death of a criminal. What went wrong in five days to fall from…
Read MoreThe (True) Story of the Cross
Read Matthew 21:1-10 for the story of Palm Sunday Only 5 days later the same crowd that shouted “Hosanna” would also shout “Crucify him!” Read John 19:1-30 for the story of the crucifixion. Today many have become uncomfortable with the story of the cross. A common modern understanding of the cross: “I could accept Jesus as…
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