Tag: Good Friday

  • A Psalm 22 Prayer For Good Friday

    As part of our liturgy during our Psalms series we have asked different members of our church to close the sermon with a prayer from the Psalm that had been preached.  This past Sunday we covered the great lament Psalm that foreshadowed and prophesied of the cross in Psalm 22.  One of our members, Doug…

  • Propitiation and Expiation – What Jesus Accomplished on the Cross

    This weekend we celebrate Jesus!  OK, so we celebrate Jesus every weekend, and hopefully every day of our lives, but the weekend of Good Friday and Easter are special days for us to stop and consider what Jesus did for us, in our place.  At the heart of the event is the death of Jesus…

  • The Goodness of Good Friday – The cross of Jesus

    The following is from a sermon preached by fourth century Pastor and Bishop in Constantinople John Chrysostom.  Great thoughts on the wonder of the victory Christ has accomplished in the cross!  Thanks be to God for the victory! Do you see then that the devil was defeated by the very means he used to conquer?…

  • Getting ready for Easter – Friday

    Don’t forget our “Good Friday Service” tomorrow at Watertower Christian Ministries in South St. Louis. Meet at EHS, 9:00 AM. Scripture – John 19:1-30 Personal exercise – Use the arts today. Lots of options. If you are a writer, write a prayer, a poem, or a story that expresses feelings and ideas about the cross.…