by billyzh | Mar 28, 2013 | History, Holidays, HOLY WEEK
Growing up, I thought people were saying, “Monday Thursday,” and it always confused me a bit. But it’s actually Maundy Thursday and you will see church signs today announcing services this evening that bear this name. Most people don’t realize that...
by billyzh | Mar 27, 2013 | History, Holidays, HOLY WEEK
Spy Wednesday. Dark Wednesday. Throughout church history, this day in Holy Week has earned a few interesting names. Some scholars argue that this was the day Judas Iscariot made plans with the chief priests. (For 30 pieces of silver he agreed to show them where they...
by billyzh | Mar 26, 2013 | History, Holidays, HOLY WEEK
Knowing it is His final week on this earth as a human, Jesus seems to be trying to get in every little last bit of business that He can before His departure. Holy Week Tuesday. 1. The Pharisees try to trap Jesus into making a blasphemous, or rather, anti-god remark....
by billyzh | Mar 25, 2013 | History, Holidays, HOLY WEEK
Many of you by now know that yesterday was what is known as Palm Sunday. Basically… Jesus blows into town, blows up, then…blows out. Many of us forget what went down after He got up and off of that donkey. No warm and fuzzy Jesus here. We get to see what...
by billyzh | Mar 24, 2013 | History, Holidays, HOLY WEEK, Spirituality
On the Sunday before Christ’s crucifixion, Jesus walked the 2 miles from Bethany where He was staying, into the city of Jerusalem. When He arrived, He rode in on a donkey. People were running out in front of Him throwing palm branches on the ground creating a...
by billyzh | Mar 23, 2013 | History, Holidays, HOLY WEEK
If you are just joining us today, don’t miss yesterday’s post. For the rest of you, welcome back! DAY 2: Saturday Have you ever seen Fiddler on the Roof? If so, there’s a scene in there that shows the families rushing home to prepare for Sabbath....
