Comments on: Good Friday http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday Sniffing out the work of God in the world... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:39:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jorge Shaw http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-76696 Jorge Shaw Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:39:55 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-76696 l3qbf32knf01gjlp l3qbf32knf01gjlp

]]> By: Adam http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60461 Adam Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:25:53 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60461 Although I was raised Roman Catholic, I didn't appreciate the church calendar until after years of being away from it. Now I miss it (but NOT the Catholic church) dearly. Although I was raised Roman Catholic, I didn’t appreciate the church calendar until after years of being away from it. Now I miss it (but NOT the Catholic church) dearly.

]]> By: Kester http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60375 Kester Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:25:10 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60375 Leslie Newbigin was once asked if he was an optimist or a pessimist. His response was, "I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead." Among the false promises of TV evangelists, tarot card readers, and a slew of talking heads, one man refuses to say whether the world will be a better or worse place tomorrow, whether we will be richer or poorer or sick or well. He simply holds out his wounded hands, offers new life, and says "Follow me." Leslie Newbigin was once asked if he was an optimist or a pessimist. His response was, “I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.”

Among the false promises of TV evangelists, tarot card readers, and a slew of talking heads, one man refuses to say whether the world will be a better or worse place tomorrow, whether we will be richer or poorer or sick or well. He simply holds out his wounded hands, offers new life, and says “Follow me.”

]]> By: Stephen http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60341 Stephen Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:59:06 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60341 Quoting Anne Lamott and John Irving in the same post? God must be trying to get my attention. I still read A Prayer for Owen Meany every year or two. Without a doubt my favorite book. Thanks for your words and theirs. Quoting Anne Lamott and John Irving in the same post? God must be trying to get my attention. I still read A Prayer for Owen Meany every year or two. Without a doubt my favorite book. Thanks for your words and theirs.

]]> By: TKO http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60161 TKO Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:25:20 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60161 Bernard~ I am not a mother and not an expert on children, but my spirit says that you can do nothing better for your children than simply this...read the story and get choked up. Children are not used to seeing fathers cry, but I know from watching mine cry quite a lot lately at the loss of a son - a father's tears are powerful. Your tears of sorrow for His death, and of joy for his resurrection, are the most powerful testimony you offer. Bernard~

I am not a mother and not an expert on children, but my spirit says that you can do nothing better for your children than simply this…read the story and get choked up. Children are not used to seeing fathers cry, but I know from watching mine cry quite a lot lately at the loss of a son - a father’s tears are powerful. Your tears of sorrow for His death, and of joy for his resurrection, are the most powerful testimony you offer.

]]> By: teresa lewis http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60075 teresa lewis Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:18:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60075 I just got home from our annual drive-through Easter Panorama. It was about 30 degrees as we donned our costumes to act out scenes from the last week of Christ's time on Earth as cars drive through listening to the story on tape. Once again this year I found myself in the mob scene before Pilate. The words hung in my throat. "Crucify Him!" "Give us Barabas!" "His blood is on our heads!" It's easy to point a finger at those people , and then I remember that I do that every day! Being in that scene on Good Friday always prostrates me at the foot of the Cross. About 200 people drove through tonight! Pray for their lives to be changed by the power of the Cross! Pray for us tomorrow night as we continue this ministry, as we continue our worship! I just got home from our annual drive-through Easter Panorama. It was about 30 degrees as we donned our costumes to act out scenes from the last week of Christ’s time on Earth as cars drive through listening to the story on tape. Once again this year I found myself in the mob scene before Pilate. The words hung in my throat. “Crucify Him!” “Give us Barabas!” “His blood is on our heads!” It’s easy to point a finger at those people , and then I remember that I do that every day! Being in that scene on Good Friday always prostrates me at the foot of the Cross.
About 200 people drove through tonight! Pray for their lives to be changed by the power of the Cross! Pray for us tomorrow night as we continue this ministry, as we continue our worship!

]]> By: TC http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60049 TC Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:17:06 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60049 Amen for the Easter weekend. Remember to do everything to the glory of God. Amen for the Easter weekend. Remember to do everything to the glory of God.

]]> By: paul http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60044 paul Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:28:15 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60044 Jesus is Lord!!! Jesus is Lord!!!

]]> By: TC http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60043 TC Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:27:08 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60043 Like Mike, I didn't grow up with the feel of the holy element the week, but now that I am old and more mature in the Scriptures (So I will like to believe), I now appreciate what other Christians have been celebrate for years. Like Mike, I didn’t grow up with the feel of the holy element the week, but now that I am old and more mature in the Scriptures (So I will like to believe), I now appreciate what other Christians have been celebrate for years.

]]> By: David U http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60037 David U Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:41:57 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60037 "All other ground is sinking sand..........on Christ the solid rock I stand". DU “All other ground is sinking sand……….on Christ the solid rock I stand”.

DU

]]> By: Preacherman http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60036 Preacherman Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:14:32 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60036 Anyone going to watch the Passion of the Christ today or tonight as a congregation? Anyone going to watch the Passion of the Christ today or tonight as a congregation?

]]> By: Keith http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60032 Keith Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:34:25 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60032 Great comments Mike. The more we can do as a body of believers to remind folks of the importance of the resurrection the better. Great comments Mike. The more we can do as a body of believers to remind folks of the importance of the resurrection the better.

]]> By: Jerry http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60014 Jerry Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:40:52 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-60014 AMEN! AMEN!

]]> By: Heather Alkire http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-59999 Heather Alkire Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:44:34 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-59999 Something about Easter weekend...even when the world around me is full of pain and chaos, hope begins to stir in my heart as I think about the resurrection and what it means for my life today. For the last three years, I have celebrated Easter by playing in the pit orchestra for Pioneer Drive's annual Easter pagaent. I can't tell you what an incredible blessing that is to be a part of the retelling of the greatest story ever told. In the two weeks leading up to Easter, we perform six times, not to mention all the rehearsals and dress rehearsals, and yet there are parts of the story that choke me up every night. He is risen! Hallelujah! He is risen indeed! Something about Easter weekend…even when the world around me is full of pain and chaos, hope begins to stir in my heart as I think about the resurrection and what it means for my life today. For the last three years, I have celebrated Easter by playing in the pit orchestra for Pioneer Drive’s annual Easter pagaent. I can’t tell you what an incredible blessing that is to be a part of the retelling of the greatest story ever told. In the two weeks leading up to Easter, we perform six times, not to mention all the rehearsals and dress rehearsals, and yet there are parts of the story that choke me up every night. He is risen! Hallelujah! He is risen indeed!

]]> By: Joel Maners http://preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-59998 Joel Maners Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:42:21 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2007/04/06/good-friday#comment-59998 Personally, I wish we did something to remember Good Saturday. I wrote something about it on my blog. It's really a symbol for the time we find ourselves in. Personally, I wish we did something to remember Good Saturday. I wrote something about it on my blog. It’s really a symbol for the time we find ourselves in.

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