Mark 16:6 (ESV) “The angel said to them, ‘Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.’” In the very early days of Christianity in Rome, a person of the faith would drop their usual salutations on Easter […]

2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV) “For our sake, He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” To make ourselves something else means to change ourselves. Maybe this means we look at life differently, adjust our goals, change an outlook, etc. Sometimes, it can […]

Matthew 27:45-46, 50 (ESV) “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ And Jesus cried out again with a […]