Holy Week: Easter Sunday, April 13, 32 A.D.

Joe | April 12, 2009

This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series Holy Week: 32 A.D.

After the most monumental day in history, Friday April 11, 32 A.D., when Jesus paid the ultimate price for our sin, I wonder what the follow day was like: that Sabbath. For the disciples, I’m sure it was not a day of rest for them. It had to have been a day filled with sorrow [...]

Holy Week: Tuesday, April 8, 32 A.D.

Joe | April 7, 2009

This entry is part 3 of 8 in the series Holy Week: 32 A.D.

After Jesus purified the temple of the leaven of the moneychangers (HT: Jeff M. of Jeofurry’s Jesus Journey), He enraged the chief priests and the elders. They were never in Jesus’ fan base, but after He had driven out the rabble, they were ready to attack.
The Challenge to the King
When He entered the temple, the [...]

A Week That Changed History Forever

Joe | April 5, 2009

This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series Holy Week: 32 A.D.

Today is Palm Sunday. Today is the anniversary of the beginning of the most important week in all history: Passion Week.
This day 2,000 years ago, was a date that was prophesied to the prophet Daniel by the Angel Gabriel. The exact day! In fact, Jesus Himself expected the people to realize what day this was [...]

Christian Fads and the Word of God

Joe | March 12, 2009

Since starting this blog in January, I’ve delved into many different Christian blogs. This has been both a blessing and a burden, at times it’s caused me to check myself and even doubt. I should probably curtail my reading list because as Solomon cautioned, “in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results [...]

The Watchman

Joe | January 23, 2009

Two familiar metaphors Jesus uses to describe believers are salt and light.
“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.” –Matthew 5:13.

There is a lot [...]

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Joe

I am a born-again Christian who believes the Bible to be the inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God-breathed. I am a husband, father and stepfather who eagerly waits for the return of Jesus, the Meshiach Nagid.