…good to be with you and we thank you for being there, which allows us to make this weekly service possible. Tonight (after we conclude his series on the Passover,…
Easter or Passover?
…Passover. No, I don’t mean from the resurrection. I mean from the Passover itself. Part of the confusion arises from a curious use of terms. The Hebrew word for Passover…
Christian Holy Days
…the Passover. The “Communion” service was referred to as “the Lord’s Supper.” By some process of reasoning, that supper, which had its origins in the Passover, became separated from the…
A Funeral Service for Anyone
When we are young, we are a little unsure about funerals. We don’t like to think about death and we are uncomfortable being around people who are grieving. We don’t…
Christian Holidays #2
This entry is part 2 of 24 in the series Christian Holidays Not long ago, a woman asked me a hard question: Why did God have to kill all the
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Christian Holidays #3
…in Corinth in about AD 55, and scholars generally agree that the letter was written about Passover season. He was addressing a problem that was disgracing the church, and almost…
Christian Holidays #1
This entry is part 1 of 24 in the series Christian Holidays Are you ready for a quiz? Grab pencil and pad and write down the names of the two…
Christian Holidays #5
…So in Latin or Spanish, resurrection Sunday is not called Easter
. It is called Passover
. Now, why is that? And what is the connection of the Jewish Passover to Christianity?…
Christian Holidays #6
…after the ascension of Christ—long after everything that was nailed the cross was nailed there—a gentile church was observing the Passover and the days of unleavened bread that go along…
Christian Holidays #8
…did the KJV translators use Easter
instead of Passover
here? Well, the reason is that by the third century the entire church had begun to confuse Easter and Passover. How…
Christian Origins #25 - Corinthians
…Passover is a Jewish festival, right? Then what is a gentile church like Corinth doing observing the Passover? Paul gives us no wiggle room at all, and scholars have long…
Christian Origins #29 - Corinthians
…more fundamental than that ceremony we call the Lord’s Supper, or Holy Communion, or the Eucharist, or the Christian Passover, even. You would think that if something was so central…
The Gospel of Luke #19
…said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until…
A Non-Christian Easter
…service. But, you know, you don’t have to feel guilty about sleeping in and not going to a sunrise service. The First Christians didn’t have a sunrise service as far…
The Body of Christ
…was nailed there, that a Gentile church was observing the Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread that go with it? The simple answer? Because the season is all about…
Discern the Lord’s Body
View PostChristian Holidays #4
…blood, [repeated three times]I will pass, I will pass over you. Now, I sang that song for years and never realized where the theme—Passover—came from. There was a time when…
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