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  What is Good Friday? Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:20 Good Friday, also known as "Holy Friday," is the Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday. It is celebrated traditionally as the day on which Jesus was crucified.   Why is Good Friday referred to as “good”? What the Jewish authorities and Romans did to Jesus was definitely not good (see Matthew chapters 26-27). However, the results of Christ’s death are very good! Romans 5:8, “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” First Peter 3:18 tells us, “For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit.”   The death of Christ on the cross—along with His bodily resurrection—is the paramount event of the Christian faith.   “God with us” became “God ...

  What is Palm Sunday?   Palm Sunday is the day we celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, one week before His resurrection. As Jesus entered the holy city, He neared the culmination of a long journey toward Golgotha. He had come to save the lost, and now was the time—this was the place—to secure that salvation. Palm Sunday marked the start of what is often called “Passion Week,” the final seven days of Jesus’ earthly ministry. Palm Sunday was the “beginning of the end” of Jesus’ work on earth. Palm Sunday began with Jesus and His disciples traveling over the Mount of Olives. The Lord sent two disciples ahead into the village of Bethphage to find an animal to ride. They found the unbroken colt of a donkey, just as Jesus had said they would. When they untied the colt, the owners began to question them. The disciples responded with the answer Jesus had provided: “The Lord needs it.” Amazingly, the owners were satisfied with that answer and let...

  What is Holy Week?   Holy Week, in the Christian church, is the week between Palm Sunday and Easter; observed with special solemnity as a time of devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ.   Tomorrow – Palm Sunday is the beginning of Holy Week – which commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem where the crowds greeted Him waving palm branches and crying “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!”   Ironically, these same voices the greet Jesus as Messiah and King will be the same voices that shout “Crucify him!” just a few short days later on Good Friday.   The 5 days of Holy Week are: Palm Sunday – entrance into Jerusalem.  Holy Wednesday – into the darkness.  Maundy Thursday – the Last Supper.  Good Friday – Jesus' agony on the cross.  Holy Saturday – visiting the tomb of Jesus.