Was Mary Magdalene the wife of Jesus Christ?
Monday 21 April 2014
Sunday 20 April 2014
The Need For Easter
The Easter message of Samuel Godfrey George, 2014:
What about Easter? Do we need Easter? Isn't Good Friday enough? Didn't Jesus Christ say, "It is finished" on Good Friday? What more remains to be done? What is the significance of Easter? Did not Christ achieve the ultimate triumph over sin on Good Friday? What greater triumph is there? There is one triumph. There is one greater triumph. There is the greatest triumph, the triumph over death. Jesus triumphed over death on Easter.
The first Easter was the moment when Jesus Christ triumphed over death and secured a triumph of a similar nature for all of us who believe in him. All of us who believe in Christ have this hope -- that we too will triumph along with Jesus. Why? Why do we have this hope? We die with Jesus, for that is the nature of the Christian life on earth. Life on earth is a steady death. Every day we die to our selves. Every day we die gradually. We deny ourselves gradually. If we die with Jesus, if we bear our crosses along with him, we will also rise with him. This is the simple hope. This is the promise. This is what Easter means.
Why should we celebrate Easter? We celebrate Easter because it represents our ultimate hope. Our hope is not for this life alone. It is especially for the next life. And the next life is life indeed. The next life is a life without end. The next life is a life with God, without trouble and suffering. The next life is truly life. We celebrate Easter because it gives us the promise of the next life. It makes the promise of the next life available to us. Let us cling to this promise. Let us believe that as Christ rose from the dead, we too will rise from the dead. Let us simply believe that. Let us celebrate Easter. Happy Easter to all of you.
What about Easter? Do we need Easter? Isn't Good Friday enough? Didn't Jesus Christ say, "It is finished" on Good Friday? What more remains to be done? What is the significance of Easter? Did not Christ achieve the ultimate triumph over sin on Good Friday? What greater triumph is there? There is one triumph. There is one greater triumph. There is the greatest triumph, the triumph over death. Jesus triumphed over death on Easter.
The first Easter was the moment when Jesus Christ triumphed over death and secured a triumph of a similar nature for all of us who believe in him. All of us who believe in Christ have this hope -- that we too will triumph along with Jesus. Why? Why do we have this hope? We die with Jesus, for that is the nature of the Christian life on earth. Life on earth is a steady death. Every day we die to our selves. Every day we die gradually. We deny ourselves gradually. If we die with Jesus, if we bear our crosses along with him, we will also rise with him. This is the simple hope. This is the promise. This is what Easter means.
Why should we celebrate Easter? We celebrate Easter because it represents our ultimate hope. Our hope is not for this life alone. It is especially for the next life. And the next life is life indeed. The next life is a life without end. The next life is a life with God, without trouble and suffering. The next life is truly life. We celebrate Easter because it gives us the promise of the next life. It makes the promise of the next life available to us. Let us cling to this promise. Let us believe that as Christ rose from the dead, we too will rise from the dead. Let us simply believe that. Let us celebrate Easter. Happy Easter to all of you.
The Resurrection of Jesus - Mark, Matthew, Luke and John
A reading of all the four accounts of the resurrection of Jesus in the Bible
Friday 18 April 2014
Good Friday Is Not A Sad Day
The Good Friday message of Samuel Godfrey George, 2014
Because Jesus Christ paid for our sins through his death, we should not worry about our sins any more. We should acknowledge the goodness of God and rejoice in his love for us.
Because Jesus Christ paid for our sins through his death, we should not worry about our sins any more. We should acknowledge the goodness of God and rejoice in his love for us.
Thursday 17 April 2014
Crushed With Grief On Maundy Thursday
Then he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me."
Maundy Thursday Bible reading from the synoptic gospels
Maundy Thursday Bible reading from the synoptic gospels
Monday 14 April 2014
Let Live
For Teri Sandhovel Gallardo
People are different. This is a fact that we must face. Those who refuse to face this fact refuse to be enlightened and refuse to pave the way for peace and harmony. People who insist on a certain way of life or force others to follow a way of life are not working toward unity. They are not doing something that will bring the world together. We should accept the world as we find it, just as God accepts us as we are without stipulating our eligibility and without insisting on our being something for him to accept us. He accepts us just as we are. We should do the same. We should accept people just as they are. And we should tolerate difference if we cannot appreciate it.
People are different. This is a fact that we must face. Those who refuse to face this fact refuse to be enlightened and refuse to pave the way for peace and harmony. People who insist on a certain way of life or force others to follow a way of life are not working toward unity. They are not doing something that will bring the world together. We should accept the world as we find it, just as God accepts us as we are without stipulating our eligibility and without insisting on our being something for him to accept us. He accepts us just as we are. We should do the same. We should accept people just as they are. And we should tolerate difference if we cannot appreciate it.
All Glory, Laud And Honour
All glory, laud and honour,
To Thee, Redeemer, King,
To Whom the lips of children
Made sweet hosannas ring.
Thou art the King of Israel,
Thou David's royal Son,
Who in the Lord's Name comest,
The King and Blessèd One.
The company of angels
Are praising Thee on High,
And mortal men and all things
Created make reply.
The people of the Hebrews
With palms before Thee went;
Our prayer and praise and anthems
Before Thee we present.
To Thee, before Thy passion,
They sang their hymns of praise;
To Thee, now high exalted,
Our melody we raise.
Thou didst accept their praises;
Accept the prayers we bring,
Who in all good delightest,
Thou good and gracious King.
To Thee, Redeemer, King,
To Whom the lips of children
Made sweet hosannas ring.
Thou art the King of Israel,
Thou David's royal Son,
Who in the Lord's Name comest,
The King and Blessèd One.
The company of angels
Are praising Thee on High,
And mortal men and all things
Created make reply.
The people of the Hebrews
With palms before Thee went;
Our prayer and praise and anthems
Before Thee we present.
To Thee, before Thy passion,
They sang their hymns of praise;
To Thee, now high exalted,
Our melody we raise.
Thou didst accept their praises;
Accept the prayers we bring,
Who in all good delightest,
Thou good and gracious King.
Palm Sunday Bible
Reading from the four gospels about the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem a week before his death
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