Isaiah 53:6-11

Where did you get your rights? In a weird ironic way, Mirand rights and Jesus go together.

"Dear Child of God, Sometimes the truth is simply hard to comprehend. I'm not talking about a truth that is intellectually tough to comprehend...."

"Plead for the speedy fulfilment of this promise, all ye who love the Lord. It is easy work to pray when we are grounded and bottomed, as to our..."

"Here a confession of sin common to all the elect people of God. They have all fallen, and therefore, in common chorus, they all say, from the first..."

Inspirational illustration of Isaiah 53:6 -- We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Have you been by to honor him? Jesus didn't have a head of state funeral, but his life has counted more than any other leader every.

So what, or who, really put Jesus on the cross? Phil Ware writes on this day after Palm Sunday about Jesus' ultimate destination in Jerusalem, with the triumphal entry, the conflict with the leaders, and his betrayal, death, and resurrection.

"Dear Follower, The Father's role for Me when I came to earth as the Son of God shocked many people. They expected a warrior or kingly ruler who would..."

"He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We..."

Are you ready for the big day to arrive? Tom Norvell describes what it is like to be ready for Christmas on Christmas eve and wonders what it was like for God on the eve of His Son's birth into the world.

The Lord will provide a substitute Just as God did for Abraham and David, he provided a substitute for the whole world's sin: Jesus Christ

Jesus died. He was buried. He was raised from the dead. Each one of those facts reminds us that Jesus was not some antiseptic hero from a distance. James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that Jesus died and was buried and that his burial has special significance for us.

Where does your train ride end? While we may know who we are, unless we know whose we are, we don't know our ultimate destination.

Jesus died. He was buried. He was raised from the dead. Each one of those facts reminds us that Jesus was not some antiseptic hero from a distance. James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that Jesus died and was buried and that his burial has special significance for us and how they helped define the way of Jesus through the cross to the empty tomb.

The real question is whether or not we will choose to follow Jesus from the cross, to the tomb, and into the new life that Jesus' resurrection brings? Phil Ware reminds us that Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea were indisputable eye witnesses to the death of Jesus so the resurrection could be assured!