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april 9, 2006
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holy saturday: 'it's friday but sunday's coming' isn't enough
Author Tony Campolo's most famous message declares, "It's Friday, but Sunday's Comin'." But what happens when
it's Sunday and we're still facing death and despair?
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eggs-clusive easter eggs-pose
Long before the egg was associated with the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Egyptians believed that the sun was
hatched from an eggs-tremely large egg. The Romans, Gauls (French), Chinese, Egyptians and Persians all eggs-alted
the egg as a symbol of the universe and the rebirth of the earth each spring.
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4:45 pm good friday: pope benedict xvi crucifies culture
In his Good Friday "Stations of the Cross" message, the pope sounded like an old-fashinoned "hell fire and brimstone"
preacher as he crucified "satanic" culture.
“Lord, we have lost our sense of sin. Today a slick campaign of
propaganda is spreading an inane apologia of evil, a senseless
cult of Satan, a mindless desire for transgression, a dishonest and
frivolous freedom, exalting impulsiveness, immorality and
selfishness as if they were new heights of sophistication.”
God bless the recent popes for their prophetic calls for personal
and cultural repentence.
• What exactly is 'sin'?
• What exactly is a 'cult'?
• What exactly is 'frivolous freedom'?
'it is finished'
I have to admit my childhood memories of Good Friday are not that "good". As a seven-year-old I sat through seven
pastors preaching seven sermons on the seven sayings of Christ on the cross. My favorite was always the seventh,
"It is finished." It still is, but now for very different reasons.
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is easter a 'christian' holiday? you decide!
The word Easter comes from “Eostre,” the Teutonic goddess of spring who was thought to bring fertility to the earth.
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maundy thursday: they don't make crosses like they used to
Solid, rough wood has been replaced by polished veneer in walnut, oak or cherry—coordinated of course, to match the padded pews.
• Click here for the commentary
• Click here for Spanish translation: Ya no hacen las cruces como antes
• Click here for Holy Week and Easter resources
dying to live again
My wife's "Thurday's Thoughts" column this week deals with dying to ourselves, but then rising again.
• Click here [new]
wednesday: jameswatkins.com, nine online
Jameswatkins.com went live nine years ago today. Since April 12, 1997, it's been an honor to welcome over three million
guests from over 100 countries
to my "heavy topics with a light touch"—everything from sex
to sects.
Thanks for spreading the word to family, friends, neighbors and email pals about www.jameswatkins.com!
I logged nearly a million (specifically 964,291) page views just last year because of you!
Click dates to see what the site looked like over the years.
'I can hear you snore' and other realistic love songs
Just as there are certain standards for truth in advertising, I’m proposing federal legislation for truth in love
songs. Most songs, so sweet they can cause cavities—and a delusional view of love—need some serious
rewriting. For example, instead of "Breathe" how 'bout "Snore"?
• The latest 'Jim Shorts' column
[new]
tuesday: the polarity of the Christ
"Jesus went to Jerusalm to announce the Good News to the people of that city. And Jesus knew that he was going to
put a choice before them: Will you be my disciple, or will you be my executioner? There is no middle ground here.
Jesus went to Jerusalem to put people in a situation where they had to say yes or no. That is the great drama of
Jesus' passion: He had to wait upon how people were going to respond."
Henri J. M. Nouwen
• The polarity of the Christ
monday: Jesus not divine, walked on ice, planned betrayal
Last week, authors and scientists—through their media mouthpieces—were out in force attacking orthodox
Christianity.
• A short 'Jim Shorts' on the attacks [new]
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palm sunday: why do we wave palms?
"Everyone who lined the streets had a different reason for waving those palms.
Some were political activists; they'd heard Jesus had supernatural power, and they wanted him to use it to free
Israel from Roman rule. Others had loved ones who were sick or dying. They waved branches, hoping for physical healing.
Some were onlookers merely looking for something to do, while others were genuine followers who wished Jesus would
establish himself as an earthly king. Jesus was the only one in the parade who knew why he was going to
Jerusalem—to die. He had a mission, while everyone else had an agenda."
Bill Hybels
• Read the entire article in Christianity Today
• The Easter story in chronological order
• Genuine Jesus or counterfeit Christ?
last week: sex-charged media's effect, 'ineffective' prayer, . . .
. . . Zacharias Moussaoui's fate, Sudan's genocide plus Geezers v. Geeks.
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