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Good Friday and Politics
“My kingdom is from another place” — John 18:36
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Good Friday
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?Oh, were you there when they crucified my Lord?(Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble) tremble Were you there when they crucified my Lord?Were you there when they nailed him to the cross?Were you there when they nailed him to the cross?(Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble) trembleWere you there when they…
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Good Friday
This is the most somber of all days. It is often marked by fasting, abstinence, and penitence. The church is stark in its decor this day, a reminder of the sorrow of what is happening. We remember what Christ has done for us and for the world. We pray solemn prayers on this day. They are much needed prayers.
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The day the revolution began
I wrote some thoughts on this Good Friday about why I stay in faith. I needed to reflect on all of this in a time when it’s truly a temptation to “walk away.” Why do I stay? I didn’t want to wreck the format of copying and pasting, which often gets messed up, so I will just LINK HERE if…
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The goodness of this Friday
Almighty God, we beseech you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the Cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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The day the revolution began
“The death of Jesus was the moment when the great gate of human history, bolted with iron bars and overgrown with toxic weeds, burst open so that the Creator’s project of reconciliation between heaven and earth could at last be set in powerful motion. The myrtle will at last replace the brier, and the cypress the thorn.” (N.T. Wright —…
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Good Friday — Judgment and Mercy
The cross of Christ is critical in the life of the believer. This year, it is a stark symbol for our time. We need to pay attention. The way of the Cross is the way of humiliation. Our God is not the vengeful, warrior God. He is not about “conquering” the way we think in current American conservative Christian practice.…
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Good Friday in the time of coronavirus
Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. 4 Surely he has borne our infirmities and…
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Friday — into the darkness
O Sacred head now woundedWith grief and shame weighed downNow scornfully surroundedWith thorns Thy only crownHow pale Thou art with anguishWith sore abuse and scornHow does that visage languishWhich once was bright as morn— “O Sacred Head Now Wounded”, Bernard of Clairvaux
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