Isaiah 52:13-53:12 The cross is hard to look at. When The Passion of the Christ was released in 2004, it caused a huge stir for depicting the horrors of crucifixion. Some complained that it was too graphic to watch, while a few insisted that this wasn’t even close to how nightmarish and awful crucifixions really … Continue reading “What Wondrous Love is This”
#WorshipWednesday: “It Was Finished Upon That Cross”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUGQNYm44hk This song perfectly sums up the sermon series we just completed, considering the "voice of Jesus / On the cross of Calvary." What, in particular, has stood out to you this Lent/Good Friday/Easter season? For me, it was a new appreciation for all that Christ actually accomplished for us: the forgiveness of sins, yes, … Continue reading #WorshipWednesday: “It Was Finished Upon That Cross”
“Finished”
These daily Holy Week reflections will help us listen together to the last words of Jesus, spoken from the cross.
“Sacrifice”
This is the final sermon in ERC’s Lenten series, CO▽EN△NT, on God’s relationship with Abraham. The sacrifice that God asks of Abraham is shocking. To give up his son, his only son, Isaac, would have been heartbreaking. And to give up the son of the promise, God's chosen means to save the entire world, must … Continue reading “Sacrifice”
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