“What is Pentecost Sunday?”……Answer: Pentecost Sunday is a commemoration and celebration of the receiving of the Holy Spirit by the early church. John the Baptist prophesied of the first Pentecost when Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire (Matthew 3:11). Jesus confirmed this prophecy with the promise of the Holy Spirit to […]

“What is Maundy Thursday?”……Answer: Maundy Thursday, also known as "Holy Thursday" is the Thursday of Passion Week, one day before Good Friday (the Thursday before Easter). Maundy Thursday is the name given to the day on which Jesus celebrated the Passover with His disciples, known as the Last Supper. Two important events are the focus […]

The Hope of Easter Is That We Will Be Like Him Contemplating The Cross This Easter "For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." 1 Corinthians 1:18 Oh, what we miss out on when we rush past […]

Passover Do not let anyone judge you with regard to a religious festival … these are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. ~ Colossians 2:16-17 Jesus died at Passover. Perhaps if the event were remembered by Christians at Passover every year the church might have […]