Jesus is in the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives, just outside the city of Jerusalem. It is the middle of the night. He is in anguish at the prospect of what lies before him (‘My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death’, he says). In great distress he throws…
Category: Good Friday
Death and Burial of Jesus
Today is Palm Sunday. This is the day when Christians have traditionally celebrated the Triumphal Entry, when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, acclaimed by the crowds as a great rabbi, and perhaps the longed for Kingly Messiah. Christians focus on the kingship of Jesus on this day. But today, we are going to…
Mark 14:66-72 Peter’s Denials
Say you have a neighbor. Every day you see him leave for work. You see him come out to the driveway, enter his car, and put it in neutral. Then he gets out of his car and begins to push it onto the road, and then down the road till he’s out of sight. His…