Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
“Into your hands I commend my Spirit” This is the second time Jesus quotes the Psalms, this time Psalm 31:5. In the midst of the darkness, the anguish, the approaching death, Jesus’ prayer is not one of anxiety or abandonment, but one of trust. It is a trust that shines like light in a very … Continue reading
“It is finished” These last words of Jesus are really one word in Greek… “tetelestai” Is it a word of surrender? A word of resignation? We are tempted to hear it that way. And right now, many of us are tempted to think that way. After all, we don’t know how long this unusual season … Continue reading
“I thirst” These words of Jesus bring us face-to-face with the fullness of his humanity. The extraordinary suffering he is experiencing has left him dry and parched; he is thirsty. Any human being having experienced the cruelty of crucifixion would be thirsty. The fullness of Jesus’ divinity does not diminish the fullness of his humanity. … Continue reading
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Of all the words from the cross, this is the most painful to hear. It is a completely honest cry of lament, lifted from the opening phrases of Psalm 22. In this moment of extraordinary agony, Jesus enters fully into the darkest places of human experience, … Continue reading
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